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Hi Art, re: > We seem to only be getting the 90-180 hour NDFD fields... if they're being > sent over IDD, could you provide the header/feed info? If not, can they > be added? The only NDFD grids that are being sent in NOAAPort (and, hence, in the IDD NGRID datastream) are the 90-180 hour forecasts. The 0-84 hour fields are _not_ being sent at all. Here is a note we got from Brandon Hoch (Plymouth State) on the subject: "I had originally corresponded with Tom Yoksas on this issue (see Unidata support archives). I had gone to a NDFD talk at AMS and emailed the authors, below is the response. Not sure if there is anything you can do, but wanted to give you a heads up on this response. It still does not make sense to me why day 4-7 grids are available via NOAAPORT but day 1-4 grids (which are much more useful to most users) are not. Cheers, Brendon Subject: Re: NDFD Data via Noaaport Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:59:24 -0500 From: John Schattel <address@hidden> To: Brendon Hoch <address@hidden> CC: address@hidden, address@hidden References: <address@hidden> Brendon, I checked with some of our NDFD "experts" and they provided the following comments: There are apparently some day 4-7 NDFD grids transmitted on the nwstg2 NOAAPort channel. Unidata makes these available as part of their NGRID feed. The consistent NWS response to inquiries at partners meetings has been that it is not feasible to add NDFD to NOAAPort (see Digital Services Action #1 at http://apps.weather.gov/partners/Partners_Breakout_sessions_notesJune05.doc) Since it doesn't look promising for more NDFD data via NOAAport, I will point out that you can download the grids/data over the Internet. You can find more information about these services at the following URL: http://www.weather.gov/ndfd/technical.htm Hope this helps, Regards, John" > Thanks... No worries. There has been some discussion that the 0-84 hour NDFD grids would make a useful addition to CONDUIT. What do you think? Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: KIC-710840 Department: Support IDD Priority: Normal Status: Closed