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Hi again, The MRMS additions to the FNEXRAD IDD feed will occur next Wednesday, May 26. Apologies for the typo! Cheers, Unidata User Support Unidata User Support previously wrote: Users of the FNEXRAD IDD feed: Next Wednesday, May 19, the contents of the FNEXRAD feed will be enhanced by the addition of approximately 140 Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor System (MRMS) products. Relevant information: - NOAA/NSSL website Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor System (MRMS) https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/mrms/ GRIB2 IDs for MRMS data (updated for MRMS v12) https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/mrms/operational/tables.php - Information on the products to be included in the FNEXRAD datastream can be found in: Unidata Homepage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Data -> Radar Data -> National Mosaics https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/data/index.html#mosaics FNEXRAD (FT13, NMC3) https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/data/fnexrad.html - all but one of the MRMS products are in GRIB2 format The exception is the ProbSevere product which is in JSON. - the volume of the MRMS products averages on the order of 4 GB/hour with peaks up to 7 GB/hour Please send all comments/questions to: address@hidden Cheers, Unidata User Support --