diff --git a/siphon/ncss.py b/siphon/ncss.py
index f29caab59..2cc27654c 100644
--- a/siphon/ncss.py
+++ b/siphon/ncss.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+import atexit
 from io import BytesIO
+from os import remove
+import platform
 
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -341,16 +344,35 @@ def parse_xml_dataset(elem, handle_units):
     @response_handlers.register('application/x-netcdf')
     @response_handlers.register('application/x-netcdf4')
     def read_netcdf(data, handle_units):  # pylint:disable=unused-argument
-        with NamedTemporaryFile() as tmp_file:
-            tmp_file.write(data)
-            tmp_file.flush()
-            return Dataset(tmp_file.name, 'r')
+        ostype = platform.architecture()
+        if ostype[1].lower() == 'windowspe':
+            with NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False) as tmp_file:
+                tmp_file.write(data)
+                tmp_file.flush()
+                atexit.register(deletetempfile, tmp_file.name)
+                return Dataset(tmp_file.name, 'r')
+        else:
+            with NamedTemporaryFile() as tmp_file:
+                tmp_file.write(data)
+                tmp_file.flush()
+                return Dataset(tmp_file.name, 'r')
+
 except ImportError:
     import warnings
     warnings.warn('netCDF4 module not installed. '
                   'Will be unable to handle NetCDF returns from NCSS.')
 
 
+def deletetempfile(fname):
+    try:
+        remove(fname)
+    except OSError:
+        import warnings
+        warnings.warn('temporary netcdf dataset file not deleted. '
+                      'to delete temporary dataset file in the future '
+                      'be sure to use dataset.close() when finished.')
+
+
 # Parsing of CSV data returned from NCSS
 @response_handlers.register('text/plain')
 def parse_csv_response(data, unit_handler):