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> I use IDV and did not find the old GFS model In the Data Choser > General > Catalogs, enter "https://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/catalog.xml" if it is not in the list, expand the catalog tree Realtime data from IDD > Forecast Model Data, you should be able to find the GFS global dataset. > > We have automatically converted from GFS to fv3 > > We also wish to add the ICON and WRF model that includes the Middle East and > Arab countries as well as databases to monitor tropical cases hurricanes and > tropical storms If you like to make some customization of the IDV, we can set up a project to help you institute. But, we would like to know a bit more about your organization. Yuan > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: SII-703377 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.