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Which file are you referring to? I grabbed 20220203000000-0h-oper-fc.grib2 and used wgrib2 to get all the variable names and don't see a precip parameter: (base) [awips@hardy Desktop]$ wgrib2 -full_name 20220203000000-0h-oper-fc.grib2 1:0:UGRD.10_m_above_ground 2:609046:SKINT.surface 3:1218092:TSOIL.0-0.07_m_below_ground 4:1827138:HGT.925_mb 5:2436184:var0_1_193.surface 6:2436404:HGT.700_mb 7:3045450:RH.300_mb 8:3451546:RH.250_mb 9:3857642:HGT.300_mb 10:4466688:HGT.850_mb 11:5075734:RH.200_mb 12:5481830:HGT.250_mb 13:6090876:TMP.250_mb 14:6699922:TMP.300_mb 15:7308968:UGRD.50_mb 16:7918014:VGRD.50_mb 17:8527060:HGT.500_mb 18:9136106:RH.925_mb 19:9542202:RH.850_mb 20:9948298:PRES.surface 21:10557344:RH.500_mb 22:10963440:RH.1000_mb 23:11369536:PRES.mean_sea_level 24:11978582:HGT.200_mb 25:12587628:UGRD.250_mb 26:13196674:VGRD.250_mb 27:13805720:TMP.200_mb 28:14414766:HGT.1000_mb 29:15023812:RH.700_mb 30:15429908:TMP.1000_mb 31:16038954:TMP.700_mb 32:16648000:TMP.2_m_above_ground 33:17257046:RH.50_mb 34:17663142:HGT.50_mb 35:18272188:TMP.850_mb 36:18881234:TMP.500_mb 37:19490280:TMP.925_mb 38:20099326:SPFH.850_mb 39:20708372:UGRD.300_mb 40:21317418:VGRD.300_mb 41:21926464:TCIWV.atmos_col 42:22535510:TMP.50_mb 43:23144556:SPFH.700_mb 44:23753602:VGRD.200_mb 45:24362648:UGRD.200_mb 46:24971694:SPFH.500_mb 47:25580740:VGRD.10_m_above_ground 48:26189786:SPFH.1000_mb 49:26798832:SPFH.925_mb 50:27407878:UGRD.1000_mb 51:28016924:VGRD.1000_mb 52:28625970:VGRD.700_mb 53:29235016:UGRD.700_mb 54:29844062:SPFH.300_mb 55:30453108:SPFH.200_mb 56:31062154:UGRD.925_mb 57:31671200:VGRD.925_mb 58:32280246:VGRD.850_mb 59:32889292:UGRD.850_mb 60:33498338:RELD.925_mb 61:34310334:RELV.1000_mb 62:35122330:VGRD.500_mb 63:35731376:UGRD.500_mb 64:36340422:RELD.850_mb 65:37152418:RELV.500_mb 66:37964414:SPFH.250_mb 67:38573460:SPFH.50_mb 68:39182506:RELV.850_mb 69:39994502:RELD.700_mb 70:40806498:RELD.1000_mb 71:41618494:RELD.500_mb 72:42430490:RELD.300_mb 73:43242486:RELV.925_mb 74:44054482:RELV.300_mb 75:44866478:RELV.700_mb 76:45678474:RELV.200_mb 77:46490470:RELD.200_mb 78:47302466:RELV.250_mb 79:48114462:RELD.250_mb 80:48926458:var2_0_201.surface 81:48926678:RELD.50_mb 82:49738674:RELV.50_mb Thanks, Tiffany Meyer AWIPS Lead Software Engineer UCAR-Unidata If you're interested, please feel free to fill out a survey about the support you receive: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDIkdk8qUMgq8ZdM4jhP-ubJPUOr-mJMQgxInwoAWoV5QcOw/viewform Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PXI-601809 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.