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Hi Charles,</div>
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NBM GRIB data can be a bit finicky. A good starting point could be to try parsing out a variable that you're trying to plot in GrADS, using
<span style="font-family: monospace;">wgrib2 blend.grib2 -match ":TMP:2 m above ground:" -grib blend_parsed.grib2</span>, then try making a new Control and Index File.</div>
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If that doesn't work, try re-writing the entire grid using: 
<pre style="overflow-wrap:break-word">wgrib2 blend.grib2 -match ":TMP:2 m above ground:" -ijsmall_grib 1:2345 1:1597 blend_regridded.grib2</pre>
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<b>Subject:</b> [gradsusr] Success with NBM data?</font>
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<div>Curious if anyone has had success with NOMADS NBM data and grads.  (<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnomads.ncep.noaa.gov%2Fpub%2Fdata%2Fnccf%2Fcom%2Fblend%2Fprod%2F&data=05%7C01%7Caxp09171%40alumni.northernvermont.edu%7Cab4739cd0645418223cf08da29f276d5%7Cb17e9703dbdd49fa909c03dfd13086af%7C0%7C0%7C637868419073993449%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GUDYxpw9xLwjxh8Lo%2FjhRMPq1Xpf8RjKF2lpZ8ae%2Bl0%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/blend/prod/" shash="x1U4Z9SjkpujXlhzxGmRJXuRugUfGUer3p+A6svgLUbXnLIkH7FLC1dk4B0d4i55ln974q7jaFM2/CVq+zKse+BJTryJMr8CJyYK8VlHWolpoicYvR7lJ3TM2CJ31f8kWcVuWCJbD4SCpzvu/PzC94EqNtUfanZagGRwTUxSS/g=">https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/blend/prod/</a>)</div>
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<div>I've followed the basic procedure, download the grib2, make the control file, gribmap it and run grads.  I see all the fields but when I plot everything is undefined upon a basic variable plot.</div>
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<div>Before I dig too deep, I just wanted to see if anyone is having success with this.</div>
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<div>Thanks for any help on this.</div>
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