Tim, I have set up thelma.ucar.edu to relay the GEM model to you at ldm.comet.ucar.edu (you are already receiving NEXRAD from thelma). If you prefer to deal directly with CMC then they will need to know your IP address since they had to allow the machine IPs through their firewall. Anne-Marie will also have to add an ALLOW line to the ldmd.conf file for your machine. The following pqact.conf actions may be useful in filing and decoding the data: # # File the CMC GEM model by forecast hour CMC CMC_GEM_reg_.*_.*_([12][0-9][0-9][0-9])([0-1][0-9])([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])_(.*).grib FILE data/cmc/\1\2\3\4_\5.cmcgem # # Decode the data into GEMPAK files using dcgrib2 CMC CMC_GEM_reg.* PIPE decoders/dcgrib2 -v 1 -d data/gempak/logs/dcgrib.log -e GEMTBL=/home/gempak/NAWIPS/gempak/tables Let me know if you have questions regarding decoding, pqact.conf patterns etc. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support