diff --git a/safe/storage/test_utilities.py b/safe/storage/test_utilities.py
index ff8f0c92c0..a2c62ac3ea 100644
--- a/safe/storage/test_utilities.py
+++ b/safe/storage/test_utilities.py
@@ -120,5 +120,6 @@ def test_read_keywords_simple(self):
         self.assertEquals(keywords, expected_keywords, msg)
         LOGGER.debug(keywords)
 
+    def test
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/safe/storage/utilities.py b/safe/storage/utilities.py
index cbb0a23b61..dce60cc7cc 100644
--- a/safe/storage/utilities.py
+++ b/safe/storage/utilities.py
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 import math
 from ast import literal_eval
 from osgeo import ogr
+from Scientific.IO.NetCDF import NetCDFFile
 
 from geometry import Polygon
-
 from safe.common.numerics import ensure_numeric
 from safe.common.utilities import verify
 from safe.common.exceptions import BoundingBoxError, InaSAFEError
+from raster import *
 
 
 # Default attribute to assign to vector layers
@@ -1089,3 +1090,100 @@ def get_polygondata(G):
     # Return Polygon instance
     return Polygon(outer_ring=outer_ring,
                    inner_rings=inner_rings)
+
+def convert_netcdf2tif(filename, n, verbose=True):
+    """Convert netcdf to tif aggregating first n bands
+
+        Args
+            * filename: NetCDF multiband raster with extension .nc
+            * n: Positive integer determining how many bands to use
+            * verbose : if true print information related to the file
+
+        Returns
+            * Raster file in tif format. Each pixel will be the maximum
+              of that pixel in the first n bands in the input file.
+
+        """
+    if not isinstance(filename, basestring):
+        msg = 'Argument filename should be a string. I got %s' % filename
+        raise RuntimeError(msg)
+
+    basename, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
+    msg = ('Expected NetCDF file with extension .nc - '
+           'Instead I got %s' % filename)
+    if ext != '.nc':
+        raise RuntimeError(msg)
+
+    try:
+        n = int(n)
+    except:
+        msg = 'Argument N should be an integer. I got %s' % n
+        raise RuntimeError(msg)
+
+    print filename, n
+
+    # Read NetCDF file
+    fid = NetCDFFile(filename)
+    dimensions = fid.dimensions.keys()
+    variables = fid.variables.keys()
+
+    title = getattr(fid, 'title')
+    institution = getattr(fid, 'institution')
+    source = getattr(fid, 'source')
+    history = getattr(fid, 'history')
+    references = getattr(fid, 'references')
+    conventions = getattr(fid, 'Conventions')
+    coordinate_system = getattr(fid, 'coordinate_system')
+
+    if verbose:
+        print 'Read from %s' % filename
+        print 'Title: %s' % title
+        print 'Institution: %s' % institution
+        print 'Source: %s' % source
+        print 'History: %s' % history
+        print 'References: %s' % references
+        print 'Conventions: %s' % conventions
+        print 'Coordinate system: %s' % coordinate_system
+
+        print 'Dimensions: %s' % dimensions
+        print 'Variables:  %s' % variables
+
+    # Get data
+    x = fid.variables['x'][:]
+    y = fid.variables['y'][:]
+    t = fid.variables['time'][:]
+    inundation_depth = fid.variables['Inundation_Depth'][:]
+
+    T = inundation_depth.shape[0]  # Number of time steps
+    M = inundation_depth.shape[1]  # Steps in the y direction
+    N = inundation_depth.shape[2]  # Steps in the x direction
+
+    # Compute the max of the first n timesteps
+    A = numpy.zeros((M, N), dtype='float')
+    for i in range(n):
+        B = inundation_depth[i, :, :]
+        A = numpy.maximum(A, B)
+
+    geotransform = raster_geometry2geotransform(x, y)
+    if verbose:
+        print 'Geotransform', geotransform
+
+    # Write result to tif file
+    # NOTE: This assumes a default projection (WGS 84, geographic)
+    date = os.path.split(basename)[-1].split('_')[0]
+    if verbose:
+        print 'date', date
+    R = Raster(data=A,
+        geotransform=geotransform,
+        keywords={'category': 'hazard',
+                  'subcategory': 'flood',
+                  'unit': 'm',
+                  'title': ('%d hour flood forecast grid '
+                            'in Jakarta at %s' % (n, date))})
+
+    tif_filename = '%s_%d_hours.tif' % (basename, n)
+    R.write_to_file(tif_filename)
+
+    if verbose:
+        print 'Success: %d hour forecast written to %s' % (n, R.filename)
+    return tif_filename