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Greetings Albert! It looks like the 12 and 13 Z grib files from 2012-07-10 are messed up, but the others I tried are ok. I'll look into what happened, but you shouldn't have any issues accessing other NDFD data. Let me know if you see any other issues. Cheers, Sean > Full Name: Albert Boulanger > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Columbia University > Package Version: 3.0u2 build date:2012-02-10 17:21 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: D:\IDV_3.0u2\jre version: 1.6.0_20 j3d:1.5.2 fcs > (build4) > Description of problem: I get this error when selecting this dataset. Pretty > straightforward error. > > There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:OPENDAP.GRID with: > http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/NCEP/NDFD/conduit/CONUS_5km/NDFD_CONUS_5km_conduit_20120710_1200.grib2 > Grid data source failed making data set: > dods://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/NCEP/NDFD/conduit/CONUS_5km/NDFD_CONUS_5km_conduit_20120710_1200.grib2 > Variable name (time) must be unique within Group > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Variable name (time) must be unique > within Group > at ucar.nc2.Group.addVariable(Group.java:458) > at ucar.nc2.dods.DODSNetcdfFile.addVariable(DODSNetcdfFile.java:646) > at ucar.nc2.dods.DODSNetcdfFile.constructTopVariables(DODSNetcdfFile.java:616) > at ucar.nc2.dods.DODSNetcdfFile.<init>(DODSNetcdfFile.java:271) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDODS(NetcdfDataset.java:809) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:654) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:424) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:520) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:101) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:87) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:1094) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1116) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:478) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1577) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1980) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1897) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1831) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1804) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.makeDataSource(XmlChooser.java:280) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler.processNodes(ThreddsHandler.java:851) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler.processNode(ThreddsHandler.java:780) > at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor142.invoke(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1064) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1090) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WHM-665465 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open