diff --git a/scripts/nldas/process_nldasv2_noah.py b/scripts/nldas/process_nldasv2_noah.py
index 08d34df0cb..191cc7f93b 100644
--- a/scripts/nldas/process_nldasv2_noah.py
+++ b/scripts/nldas/process_nldasv2_noah.py
@@ -8,31 +8,13 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-import pygrib
 from pyiem.iemre import hourly_offset
 from pyiem.util import ncopen, utc
 
-SOIL_LEVELS = {
-    "0-10 cm down": 0,
-    "10-40 cm down": 1,
-    "40-100 cm down": 2,
-    "100-200 cm down": 3,
-}
-DEPTHS = {
-    "0-10 cm down": 100.0,
-    "10-40 cm down": 300.0,
-    "40-100 cm down": 600.0,
-    "100-200 cm down": 1000.0,
-}
-VAL2NC = {
-    "TSOIL": "soilt",
-    "SOILM": "soilm",
-}
-
 
 def process(valid):
     """Run for the given UTC timestamp."""
-    fn = f"nldas.{valid:%Y%m%d%H}"
+    fn = f"nldas.{valid:%Y%m%d%H}.nc"
     cmd = [
         "wget",
         "-q",
@@ -44,40 +26,37 @@ def process(valid):
         "-O",
         fn,
         "https://hydro1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/NLDAS/"
-        f"NLDAS_NOAH0125_H.002/2023/{valid:%03j}/NLDAS_NOAH0125_H."
-        f"A{valid:%Y%m%d}.{valid:%H}00.002.grb",
+        f"NLDAS_NOAH0125_H.2.0/{valid:%Y}/{valid:%03j}/NLDAS_NOAH0125_H."
+        f"A{valid:%Y%m%d}.{valid:%H}00.020.nc",
     ]
     if not os.path.isfile(fn):
         subprocess.call(cmd)
-    # pygrib can't deal with this grib1 file, so we have to hack away here
-    with subprocess.Popen(["wgrib", fn], stdout=subprocess.PIPE) as proc:
-        content = proc.stdout.read().decode("utf-8")
-    grbs = pygrib.open(fn)
     idx = hourly_offset(valid)
-    for line in content.split("\n"):
-        tokens = line.split(":")
-        if len(tokens) < 11:
-            continue
-        if tokens[3] not in ["TSOIL", "SOILM"]:
-            continue
-        if tokens[11] not in SOIL_LEVELS:
-            continue
-        grb = grbs[int(tokens[0])]
-        if tokens[3] == "SOILM":
-            vals = grb.values / DEPTHS[tokens[11]]
-        else:
-            vals = grb.values
-        with ncopen(f"/mesonet/data/nldas/{valid:%Y}_hourly.nc", "a") as nc:
-            nc.variables[VAL2NC[tokens[3]]][
-                idx, SOIL_LEVELS[tokens[11]]
-            ] = vals
+    SOILTVARS = [
+        "SoilT_0_10cm",
+        "SoilT_10_40cm",
+        "SoilT_40_100cm",
+        "SoilT_100_200cm",
+    ]
+    DEPTH_MM = [100.0, 300.0, 600.0, 1000.0]
+    with ncopen(fn) as ncin, ncopen(
+        f"/mesonet/data/nldas/{valid:%Y}_hourly.nc", "a"
+    ) as ncout:
+        for i, ncvar in enumerate(SOILTVARS):
+            ncout.variables["soilt"][idx, i] = ncin.variables[ncvar][0]
+            # mm over depth, we want fraction
+            ncinv = ncvar.replace("SoilT", "SoilM")
+            ncout.variables["soilm"][idx, i] = (
+                ncin.variables[ncinv][0] / DEPTH_MM[i]
+            )
+
     os.unlink(fn)
 
 
 def main(argv):
     """Run for a given UTC date."""
     valid = utc(int(argv[1]), int(argv[2]), int(argv[3]))
-    for hr in range(1):
+    for hr in range(24):
         process(valid.replace(hour=hr))