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Hi Russ, re: > Related note …. I had been pointed to ATM.UCAR.EDU for NEXRCOMP data. > That seems to have stopped at (I think) 0Z this morning. Hmm... I just did a listing for the latest N0Q and DHR national composites, and they are current: DATALOC ADD NEXRCOMP ATM.UCAR.EDU Group Name Server IP Address -------------------- ---------------------------------------- NEXRCOMP ATM.UCAR.EDU <LOCAL-DATA> indicates that data will be accessed from the local data directory. DATALOC -- done IMGLIST NEXRCOMP/1KN0Q-NAT FORM=ALL Image file directory listing for:NEXRCOMP/1KN0Q-NAT Pos Satellite/ Date Time Center Res (km) Image_Size sensor Lat Lon Lat Lon --- ------------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ----- ----- ------------ 96 RADAR 2 JUN 21153 15:45:00 TWX Band: 32 No Information Available 1.02 1.02 3000 x 4736 proj: 0 created: 2021153 154540 memo: 1 km CONUS N0Q Composite [dBZ] type:PRD cal type:RAW offsets: data= 2476 navigation= 256 calibration= 768 auxiliary= 1280 doc length: 0 cal length: 0 lev length: 0 PREFIX= 0 valcod: 0 zcor: 0 avg-smp: N lcor: 1 ecor: 1 bytes per pixel: 1 ss: 7 Resolution Factors (base=1): Line= 1.0 Element= 1.0 IMGLIST: done IMGLIST NEXRCOMP/1KDHR-NAT FORM=ALL Image file directory listing for:NEXRCOMP/1KDHR-NAT Pos Satellite/ Date Time Center Res (km) Image_Size sensor Lat Lon Lat Lon --- ------------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ----- ----- ------------ 96 RADAR 2 JUN 21153 15:45:00 TWX Band: 28 No Information Available 1.02 1.02 3000 x 4736 proj: 0 created: 2021153 154513 memo: 1 km CONUS DHR Composite [dBZ] type:PRD cal type:RAW offsets: data= 2476 navigation= 256 calibration= 768 auxiliary= 1280 doc length: 0 cal length: 0 lev length: 0 PREFIX= 0 valcod: 0 zcor: 0 avg-smp: N lcor: 1 ecor: 1 bytes per pixel: 1 ss: 7 Resolution Factors (base=1): Line= 1.0 Element= 1.0 IMGLIST: done I also did an IMGLIST NEXRCOMP/1KN0Q-NAT.ALL and IMGLIST NEXRCOMP/1KDHR-NAT.ALL and I see composites for every 5 minutes since the beginning of the set. Question: - which composite were you trying to load? re: > I cut over the > ADDE.SSEC.WISC.EDU which appears to working. OK. I still would like to get to the bottom of your not seeing all of the composites on atm.ucar.edu! 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: BVD-174981 Department: Support IDD Priority: Normal Status: Closed =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.