diff --git a/.github/jobs/build_docker_image.sh b/.github/jobs/build_docker_image.sh
index 67bb67146a..eb8656297f 100755
--- a/.github/jobs/build_docker_image.sh
+++ b/.github/jobs/build_docker_image.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ CMD_LOGFILE=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/docker_build.log
 
 time_command docker build -t ${DOCKERHUB_TAG} \
     --build-arg SOURCE_BRANCH \
+    --build-arg MET_BASE_REPO \
     --build-arg MET_BASE_IMAGE \
     -f $DOCKERFILE_PATH ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
 if [ $? != 0 ]; then
diff --git a/.github/jobs/set_job_controls.sh b/.github/jobs/set_job_controls.sh
index 54aeca8507..6e0445131a 100755
--- a/.github/jobs/set_job_controls.sh
+++ b/.github/jobs/set_job_controls.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ run_push=false
 run_unit_tests=false
 run_diff=false
 run_update_truth=false
-met_base_image=minimum
+met_base_repo=met-base
+met_base_image=v1.0
 input_data_version=develop
 truth_data_version=develop
 
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ fi
 # if running unit tests, use unit_test MET base image and push image
 if [ "$run_unit_tests" == "true" ]; then
 
-  met_base_image=unit_test
+  met_base_repo=met-base-unit-test
   run_push=true
 
 fi
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ echo ::set-output name=run_push::$run_push
 echo ::set-output name=run_unit_tests::$run_unit_tests
 echo ::set-output name=run_diff::$run_diff
 echo ::set-output name=run_update_truth::$run_update_truth
+echo ::set-output name=met_base_repo::$met_base_repo
 echo ::set-output name=met_base_image::$met_base_image
 echo ::set-output name=input_data_version::$input_data_version
 echo ::set-output name=truth_data_version::$truth_data_version
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ echo run_push: $run_push
 echo run_unit_tests: $run_unit_tests
 echo run_diff: $run_diff
 echo run_update_truth: $run_update_truth
+echo met_base_repo: $met_base_repo
 echo met_base_image: $met_base_image
 echo input_data_version: $input_data_version
 echo truth_data_version: $truth_data_version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docker_and_trigger_metplus.yml b/.github/workflows/build_docker_and_trigger_metplus.yml
index 63c306f7e1..1c91ace1cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_docker_and_trigger_metplus.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docker_and_trigger_metplus.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ jobs:
         run: .github/jobs/build_docker_image.sh
         env:
           SOURCE_BRANCH: ${{ steps.get_branch_name.outputs.branch_name }}-lite
-          MET_BASE_IMAGE: minimum
+          MET_BASE_REPO: met-base
+          MET_BASE_IMAGE: v1.0
 
       - name: Push Docker Image
         run: .github/jobs/push_docker_image.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 550add3594..8e1152ebda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       run_unit_tests: ${{ steps.job_status.outputs.run_unit_tests }}
       run_diff: ${{ steps.job_status.outputs.run_diff }}
       run_update_truth: ${{ steps.job_status.outputs.run_update_truth }}
+      met_base_repo: ${{ steps.job_status.outputs.met_base_repo }}
       met_base_image: ${{ steps.job_status.outputs.met_base_image }}
       branch_name: ${{ steps.job_status.outputs.branch_name }}
       truth_data_version: ${{ steps.job_status.outputs.truth_data_version }}
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ jobs:
         run: .github/jobs/build_docker_image.sh
         env:
           SOURCE_BRANCH: ${{ needs.job_control.outputs.branch_name }}
+          MET_BASE_REPO: ${{ needs.job_control.outputs.met_base_repo }}
           MET_BASE_IMAGE: ${{ needs.job_control.outputs.met_base_image }}
 
       - name: Copy Docker build log into logs directory
diff --git a/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile b/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile
index d324cbb6d4..61b1d3a1bf 100644
--- a/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-ARG MET_BASE_IMAGE=minimum
+ARG MET_BASE_REPO=met-base
+ARG MET_BASE_IMAGE=v1.0
 
-FROM dtcenter/met-base:${MET_BASE_IMAGE}
+FROM dtcenter/${MET_BASE_REPO}:${MET_BASE_IMAGE}
 MAINTAINER John Halley Gotway <johnhg@ucar.edu>
 
 #
diff --git a/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.copy b/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.copy
index 18d5d3ac35..4e2e2f023e 100644
--- a/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.copy
+++ b/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.copy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-ARG MET_BASE_IMAGE=minimum
+ARG MET_BASE_REPO=met-base
+ARG MET_BASE_IMAGE=v1.0
 
-FROM dtcenter/met-base:${MET_BASE_IMAGE}
+FROM dtcenter/${MET_BASE_REPO}:${MET_BASE_IMAGE}
 MAINTAINER John Halley Gotway <johnhg@ucar.edu>
 
 #
diff --git a/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.minimum b/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.minimum
deleted file mode 100644
index 028871196b..0000000000
--- a/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.minimum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-FROM centos:7
-MAINTAINER John Halley Gotway <johnhg@ucar.edu>
-
-#
-# Define the compilers.
-#
-ENV CC  /usr/bin/gcc
-ENV CXX /usr/bin/g++
-ENV FC  /usr/bin/gfortran
-ENV F77 /usr/bin/gfortran
-
-#
-# Define package URL's.
-#
-ENV HDF4_URL       http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF/releases/HDF4.2r3/src/HDF4.2r3.tar.gz
-ENV HDFEOS_URL     https://dtcenter.ucar.edu/dfiles/code/METplus/MET/docker_data/HDF-EOS2.16v1.00.tar.Z
-
-ENV NETCDF4C_URL   https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/archive/v4.4.1.1.zip
-ENV NETCDF4CXX_URL https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-cxx4/archive/v4.3.0.tar.gz
-
-ENV BUFRLIB_URL    https://dtcenter.ucar.edu/dfiles/code/METplus/MET/docker_data/BUFRLIB_v10-2-3.tar
-ENV GSFONT_URL     https://dtcenter.ucar.edu/dfiles/code/METplus/MET/docker_data/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz
-
-#
-# Install the required packages.
-#
-RUN yum -y update \
- && yum -y install file gcc gcc-gfortran gcc-c++ glibc.i686 libgcc.i686 \
-                   libpng-devel jasper jasper-devel zlib zlib-devel \
-                   cairo-devel freetype-devel epel-release \
-                   hostname m4 make tar tcsh ksh time wget which \
-                   flex flex-devel bison bison-devel unzip \
- && yum -y install git g2clib-devel hdf5-devel.x86_64 gsl-devel \
- && yum -y install gv ncview wgrib wgrib2 ImageMagick ps2pdf \
- && yum -y install python3 python3-devel python3-pip \
- && pip3 install --upgrade pip \
- && python3 -m pip install numpy xarray netCDF4
-
-#
-# Set the working directory.
-#
-WORKDIR /met
-
-#
-# Setup the environment for interactive bash/csh container shells.
-#
-RUN echo export MET_BASE=/usr/local/share/met >> /etc/bashrc \
- && echo setenv MET_BASE /usr/local/share/met >> /etc/csh.cshrc \
- && echo export MET_FONT_DIR=/usr/local/share/met/fonts >> /etc/bashrc \
- && echo setenv MET_FONT_DIR /usr/local/share/met/fonts >> /etc/csh.cshrc \
- && echo export RSCRIPTS_BASE=/usr/local/share/met/Rscripts >> /etc/bashrc \
- && echo setenv RSCRIPTS_BASE /usr/local/share/met/Rscripts >> /etc/csh.cshrc \
- && echo export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib >> /etc/bashrc \
- && echo setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib >> /etc/csh.cshrc
-ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib
-ENV MET_FONT_DIR /usr/local/share/met/fonts
-
-#
-# Download and install BUFRLIB.
-#
-RUN mkdir -p /met/logs \
- && mkdir -p /met/external_libs/BUFRLIB \
- && cd /met/external_libs/BUFRLIB \
- && echo "Downloading BUFRLIB from ${BUFRLIB_URL}" \
- && curl -SL ${BUFRLIB_URL} | tar xC /met/external_libs/BUFRLIB \
- && cat preproc.sh | sed 's/cpp /cpp -traditional-cpp /g' > preproc_patch.sh \
- && chmod +x preproc_patch.sh \
- && LOG_FILE=/met/logs/BUFRLIB_build.log \
- && echo "Compiling BUFRLIB and writing log file ${LOG_FILE}" \
- && ./preproc_patch.sh *.F > ${LOG_FILE} \
- && ${CC} -c -DUNDERSCORE *.c >> ${LOG_FILE} \
- && ${FC} -c -fno-second-underscore *.f >> ${LOG_FILE} \
- && ar crv libbufr.a *.o >> ${LOG_FILE} \
- && rm -f /usr/local/lib/libbufr.a \
- && cp  *.a /usr/local/lib \
- && cd /met/external_libs \
- && rm -rf BUFRLIB
-
-#
-# Download and install NetCDF4 (C and C++).
-#
-RUN mkdir -p /met/external_libs/netcdf \
- && cd /met/external_libs/netcdf \
- && echo "Downloading netcdf-c-4.4.1.1 from ${NETCDF4C_URL}" \
- && wget ${NETCDF4C_URL} \
- && unzip v4.4.1.1.zip \
- && cd netcdf-c-4.4.1.1 \
- && LOG_FILE=/met/logs/netcdf-c-4.4.1.1_configure.log \
- && echo "Configuring netcdf-c-4.4.1.1 and writing log file ${LOG_FILE}" \
- && ./configure > ${LOG_FILE} \
- && LOG_FILE=/met/logs/netcdf-c-4.4.1.1_make_install.log \
- && echo "Compiling netcdf-c-4.4.1.1 and writing log file ${LOG_FILE}" \
- && make install > ${LOG_FILE} \
- && echo "Downloading  from ${NETCDF4CXX_URL}" \
- && cd /met/external_libs/netcdf \
- && wget ${NETCDF4CXX_URL} \
- && tar -xzf v4.3.0.tar.gz \
- && cd netcdf-cxx4-4.3.0 \
- && LOG_FILE=/met/logs/netcdf-cxx4-4.3.0_configure.log \
- && echo "Configuring netcdf-cxx4-4.3.0 and writing log file ${LOG_FILE}" \
- && ./configure > ${LOG_FILE} \
- && LOG_FILE=/met/logs/netcdf-cxx4-4.3.0_make_install.log \
- && echo "Compiling netcdf-cxx4-4.3.0 and writing log file ${LOG_FILE}" \
- && make install > ${LOG_FILE} \
- && cd /met/external_libs \
- && rm -rf netcdf
-
-#
-# Download and install HDF4 and HDFEOS.
-#
-RUN echo "Downloading HDF4.2r3 from ${HDF4_URL}" \
- && curl -SL ${HDF4_URL} | tar zxC /met/external_libs \
- && cd /met/external_libs/HDF4.2r3 \
- && LOG_FILE=/met/logs/HDF4.2r3_configure.log \
- && echo "Configuring HDF4.2r3 and writing log file ${LOG_FILE}" \
- && ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/hdf --disable-netcdf > ${LOG_FILE} \
- && cat mfhdf/hdiff/Makefile | sed 's/LIBS = -ljpeg -lz/LIBS = -ljpeg -lz -lm/g' > Makefile_NEW \
- && mv -f Makefile_NEW mfhdf/hdiff/Makefile \
- && LOG_FILE=/met/logs/HDF4.2r3_make_install.log \
- && echo "Compiling HDF4.2r3 and writing log file ${LOG_FILE}" \
- && make install > ${LOG_FILE} \
- && echo "Downloading hdfeos from ${HDFEOS_URL}" \
- && curl -SL ${HDFEOS_URL} | tar zxC /met/external_libs \
- && cd /met/external_libs/hdfeos \
- && LOG_FILE=/met/logs/hdfeos_configure.log \
- && echo "Configuring hdfeos and writing log file ${LOG_FILE}" \
- && ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/hdfeos --with-hdf4=/usr/local/hdf CC=/usr/local/hdf/bin/h4cc > ${LOG_FILE} \
- && LOG_FILE=/met/logs/hdfeos_make_install.log \
- && echo "Compiling hdfeos and writing log file ${LOG_FILE}" \
- && make install > ${LOG_FILE} \
- && mkdir /usr/local/hdfeos/include \
- && cp include/*.h /usr/local/hdfeos/include/. \
- && cd /met/external_libs \
- && rm -rf HDF4.2r3 hdfeos
-
-RUN echo "Downloading GhostScript fonts from ${GSFONT_URL} into /usr/local/share/met" \
- && mkdir -p /usr/local/share/met \
- && curl -SL ${GSFONT_URL} | tar zxC /usr/local/share/met
diff --git a/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.test b/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.test
deleted file mode 100644
index bc7963cb91..0000000000
--- a/internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.test
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-ARG MET_BASE_IMAGE=minimum
-
-FROM dtcenter/met-base:${MET_BASE_IMAGE}
-MAINTAINER John Halley Gotway <johnhg@ucar.edu>
-
-#
-# Set the working directory.
-#
-WORKDIR /met
-
-#
-# Download and install MET and GhostScript fonts.
-# Delete the MET source code for tagged releases matching "v"*.
-#
-RUN echo "Installing tools needed for running MET unit tests..." \
- && echo "Installing Perl XML Parser..." \
- && yum makecache \
- && yum -y install perl-XML-Parser \
- && echo "Installing R..." \
- && yum -y install R \
- && echo "Installing R ncdf4 1.19..." \
- && wget https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/ncdf4_1.19.tar.gz \
- && R CMD INSTALL ncdf4_1.19.tar.gz \
- && echo "Installing NCO (for ncdiff)..." \
- && yum -y install nco \
- && echo "Finished installing unit test tools"
diff --git a/internal/scripts/docker/README.md b/internal/scripts/docker/README.md
index 87635ceb84..6198dcca86 100644
--- a/internal/scripts/docker/README.md
+++ b/internal/scripts/docker/README.md
@@ -2,20 +2,12 @@
 
 Run all of the Docker commands from the top-level directory of the MET repository
 
-## Build image with minimum requirements needed to build MET
-
-```docker build -t dtcenter/met-base:minimum -f internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.minimum .
-docker push dtcenter/met-base:minimum```
-
-## Build image with requirements to build MET and run MET unit tests
-
-```docker build -t dtcenter/met-base:unit_test -f internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.test .
-docker push dtcenter/met-base:unit_test```
-
 ## Build MET from clone
 
-```docker build -t dtcenter/met:${TAG_NAME} --build-arg SOURCE_BRANCH=${BRANCH_NAME} internal/scripts/docker
-docker push dtcenter/met:${TAG_NAME}```
+```
+docker build -t dtcenter/met:${TAG_NAME} --build-arg SOURCE_BRANCH=${BRANCH_NAME} internal/scripts/docker
+docker push dtcenter/met:${TAG_NAME}
+```
 
 where:
 * TAG_NAME is the name of the DockerHub tag to create
@@ -23,8 +15,10 @@ where:
 
 ## Build MET from local source code with minimum requirements
 
-```docker build -t dtcenter/met:${TAG_NAME} --build-arg SOURCE_BRANCH=${BRANCH_NAME} -f internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.copy .
-docker push dtcenter/met:${TAG_NAME}```
+```
+docker build -t dtcenter/met:${TAG_NAME} --build-arg SOURCE_BRANCH=${BRANCH_NAME} -f internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.copy .
+docker push dtcenter/met:${TAG_NAME}
+```
 
 where:
 * TAG_NAME is the name of the DockerHub tag to create
@@ -32,9 +26,12 @@ where:
 
 ## Build MET from local source code with unit test requirements
 
-```docker build -t dtcenter/met:${TAG_NAME} --build-arg SOURCE_BRANCH=${BRANCH_NAME} --build-arg MET_BASE_IMAGE=unit_test -f internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.copy .
-docker push dtcenter/met:${TAG_NAME}```
+```
+docker build -t dtcenter/met:${TAG_NAME} --build-arg SOURCE_BRANCH=${BRANCH_NAME} --build-arg MET_BASE_IMAGE=unit_test_${MET_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION} -f internal/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.copy .
+docker push dtcenter/met:${TAG_NAME}
+```
 
 where:
 * TAG_NAME is the name of the DockerHub tag to create
 * BRANCH_NAME is the identifier to use for $MET_GIT_NAME inside image
+* MET_BASE_IMAGE_VERSION is the METbaseimage tag version number
\ No newline at end of file