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Hey Brendon, We are looking into the surface data outage on adde.ucar.edu. You can get surface data from the thredds data catalog. Go to Data > Choose Data > From a Catalog Use the URL http://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/catalog.xml Select Observation Data You will find all of the current surface data. Unidata IDV Support > Hello, > > I'm unable to create surface data plots in IDV. When I try, I get a "reading > point data No data available" error. I'm using adde.ucar.edu as the server. > > Thanks, > Brendon Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: FAX-171284 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== 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.