Hi Gerry,
Those are from MRMS and are simply reformatted versions of the grib2. We
were providing a few of the NIDS format grids at the request of some who
still use(d?) that format.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 12:18 AM Gerald Creager <gcreager@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Howdy! I'm looking at the MRMS data feed from NWS, and I'm seeing 2
> different MergedReflectivityQComposite datasets: "grib2" and "spcnids". Can
> anyone share insight as to what the SPCNIDS dataset comprises?
>
> Thanks
> Gerry
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