Please be advised that we have permanently shut down our GrADS Data Server, due to a lack of resources to support its continuing operation.
An alternate source for NCEP model output is http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/.
For the surface observations (METARs), please see https://www.aviationweather.gov/metar or http://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observations/metar.