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IDD data users, Several questions have arrisen lately regarding the RUC data on the IDD. You will notice that currently, RUC model grids are using two different distribution identifiers, eg KWBC and KWBG. KWBC identifiers are being sent for analysis grids only. Eg: 5768 20001110161651.606 HDS 551 YUQA86 KWBC 101500 /mRUC 5768 20001110161651.618 HDS 552 YVQA86 KWBC 101500 /mRUC 5768 20001110161651.656 HDS 554 YVQA86 KWBC 101500 /mRUC 5768 20001110161651.698 HDS 556 YTQA86 KWBC 101500 /mRUC 7392 20001110161652.235 HDS 573 YHQA93 KWBC 101500 /mRUC 5768 20001110161652.241 HDS 574 YUQA98 KWBC 101500 /mRUC 5768 20001110161652.244 HDS 575 YVQA98 KWBC 101500 /mRUC 4684 20001110161656.252 HDS 576 YRQA98 KWBC 101500 /mRUC 6308 20001110161656.259 HDS 578 YTQA98 KWBC 101500 /mRUC 7392 20001110162603.657 HDS 877 ZPQB98 KWBG 101500 /mRUC 5768 20001110162603.669 HDS 878 ZHQB99 KWBG 101500 /mRUC 6308 20001110162603.682 HDS 879 ZTQB99 KWBG 101500 /mRUC 4684 20001110162603.692 HDS 880 ZRQB99 KWBG 101500 /mRUC 5226 20001110162603.728 HDS 881 ZHQB95 KWBG 101500 /mRUC 5226 20001110162607.790 HDS 883 ZUQB99 KWBG 101500 /mRUC If your pqact.conf pattern action is looking for the identifier, make sure you are using the pattern "KWB.". Otherwise, a suitable pattern would look like: HRS ^[YZ].*/pRUC Steve Chiswell