diff --git a/cyclone-tracking/get-vitals.sh b/cyclone-tracking/get-vitals.sh
index 282a8e9..5c60369 100755
--- a/cyclone-tracking/get-vitals.sh
+++ b/cyclone-tracking/get-vitals.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # $1 -- YYYYMMDDHH of cycle (ex: 2018082112)
 # $2 -- TCVITFOLDER (ex: ./fin-tcvitals/)
 # $3 -- betacast script dir (ex: ~/betacast/)
+# ./get-vitals.sh 2024070612 ./fin-tcvitals/ ~/work/betacast/
 
 ############ USER OPTIONS #####################
 
@@ -28,20 +29,58 @@ if [ ! -f ${TCVITFILE} ]; then   #if TCVITFILE doesn't exist, download
   COMBINEDVITFILE=combined_tcvitals.${yearstr}.dat
   echo "get-vitals: ${TCVITFILE} doesn't exist, attempting to create from ${TCVITFOLDER}/combined/${COMBINEDVITFILE}"
   mkdir -v -p ${TCVITFOLDER}/combined/
+
   if [ ! -f ${TCVITFOLDER}/combined/${COMBINEDVITFILE} ]; then
     echo "get-vitals: ${TCVITFOLDER}/combined/${COMBINEDVITFILE} doesn't exist, attempting to download"
     cd ${TCVITFOLDER}/combined/
-    if [[ $yearstr -gt 2018 ]]; then
-      echo "get-vitals: Year $yearstr is 2019 or later, try to get from NCAR RAL"
-      wget http://hurricanes.ral.ucar.edu/repository/data/tcvitals_open/${COMBINEDVITFILE}
+
+    # if get_from_nhc, get from NHC servers for this current year by gluing storm archived vitals
+    get_from_nhc=false
+
+    if [ "$get_from_nhc" = true ]; then
+      BASE_URL="https://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/atcf/com/"
+      TEMP_DIR="./vit_tmp/"
+      ORIGINAL_DIR=$(pwd)
+      echo "Temporary Directory: $TEMP_DIR"
+      echo "Original Directory: $ORIGINAL_DIR"
+      mkdir -p $TEMP_DIR ; cd $TEMP_DIR
+
+      # CURL STUFF
+      curl -s $BASE_URL > index.html
+      # Extract the list of *-tcvitals-arch.dat files
+      FILES=$(grep -oP 'href="\K[^"]*-tcvitals-arch\.dat' index.html)
+      # Loop through each file and download it
+      for FILE in $FILES; do
+        curl -O "$BASE_URL$FILE"
+      done
+
+      # Concatenate all the downloaded files into a single combined file
+      cat *-tcvitals-arch.dat > $COMBINEDVITFILE
+
+      # Sort the combined file by the 4th and 5th columns (YYYYMMDD then HHNN)
+      sort -k 4,4 -k 5,5 $COMBINEDVITFILE -o $COMBINEDVITFILE
+
+      # Move the combined and sorted file to the original directory
+      mv $COMBINEDVITFILE $ORIGINAL_DIR/$COMBINEDVITFILE
+
+      # Clean up the temporary directory
+      cd .. ; rm -rf $TEMP_DIR
+
+      # Tell the code to clear this file when done
       CLEARCOMBINEDVIT=true
-    else
-      echo "get-vitals: Year $yearstr is 2018 or earlier, try to get from NOAA NHC archives"
-      wget -q -nd -r --no-parent -P ./ -A dat "https://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/atcf/archive/${yearstr}/tcvitals/"
-      rm *tcvitals.dat
-      cat *tcvitals-arch.dat > ${COMBINEDVITFILE}
-      rm *-tcvitals-arch.dat
-      CLEARCOMBINEDVIT=false
+    else  # get from RAL server
+      if [[ $yearstr -gt 2018 ]]; then
+        echo "get-vitals: Year $yearstr is 2019 or later, try to get from NCAR RAL"
+        wget http://hurricanes.ral.ucar.edu/repository/data/tcvitals_open/${COMBINEDVITFILE}
+        CLEARCOMBINEDVIT=true
+      else
+        echo "get-vitals: Year $yearstr is 2018 or earlier, try to get from NOAA NHC archives"
+        wget -q -nd -r --no-parent -P ./ -A dat "https://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/atcf/archive/${yearstr}/tcvitals/"
+        rm *tcvitals.dat
+        cat *tcvitals-arch.dat > ${COMBINEDVITFILE}
+        rm *-tcvitals-arch.dat
+        CLEARCOMBINEDVIT=false
+      fi
     fi
     sed -i $'s/\t/  /g' combined_tcvitals.${yearstr}.dat
     cd ../..