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Joe, the gribtonc decoder doesn't work with GRIB2 files. There is a decoder package GRIB java decoders at http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/decoders/ that manipulates the GRIB 2 files because most of the GRIB2 files are large. There is documentation on the web page with details. If you want to the completely decode a GRIB2 file, one would have to install the netCDF Java package and use routine. java -Xmx512m -classpath $CP ucar.nc2.iosp.grib.Grib2Netcdf $INPUT $NC There is a referance to netCDF Java on the page also. robb... Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BHL-536435 Department: Support netCDF Decoders Priority: Normal Status: Open