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> I have noticed lately that the nexrad data gets more and more behind as the > day goes on. Now for instance it is 0109 UTC but the most recent radar data > for MPX is 0042z. I've seen it much more latent recently (besides the NWS > data problems last week.) > > I'm wondering if there is a bug somewhere, or if this is a > common/ongoing problem? I use GR2 and 3 as well, but find I would much > rather use AWIPS with all the other products you can load in and the amount > of control you have over the image/data. > Hello, Thank you for bringing this to my attention. The is a known issue with our version 20 of AWIPS. We do however, have a beta version 23 of AWIPS that does not have issue of radar data falling behind. If you want to install the latest beta CAVE version, you can find the instructions here: https://unidata.github.io/awips2/install/install-cave-beta-v23/ Thanks, Tiffany Meyer AWIPS Lead Software Engineer NSF 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: EBS-332037 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with NSF 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.