diff --git a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
index bc09c855803a04e93c60cc21c4255093bb9fc053..57f49dc4ce84b35ad3f975555e5c16088e53882c 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ train_params_day = ['cld_height_acha', 'cld_geo_thick', 'supercooled_cloud_fract
 train_params_night = ['cld_height_acha', 'cld_geo_thick', 'supercooled_cloud_fraction', 'cld_temp_acha',
                       'cld_press_acha', 'cld_reff_acha', 'cld_opd_acha', 'cloud_phase', 'cloud_mask']
 
+HALF_WIDTH = 20
 
 # Just a wrapper for the conversion of PIREP reports to in-memory dictionary
 def setup(pirep_file=homedir+'data/pirep/pireps_20180101_20200331.csv'):
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ def run(pirep_dct, platform, outfile=None, outfile_l1b=None, dt_str_start=None,
             cnt_a = 0
             ds_lst = []
             for didx, ds_name in enumerate(ds_list):
-                gvals = get_grid_values(h5f, ds_name, ll_a[0], cc_a[0], 20, fill_value_name=None, range_name=ds_range[didx], fill_value=ds_fill[didx])
+                gvals = get_grid_values(h5f, ds_name, ll_a[0], cc_a[0], HALF_WIDTH, fill_value_name=None, range_name=ds_range[didx], fill_value=ds_fill[didx])
                 if gvals is not None:
                     ds_lst.append(gvals)
                     cnt_a += 1
@@ -346,7 +347,7 @@ def run(pirep_dct, platform, outfile=None, outfile_l1b=None, dt_str_start=None,
             cnt_b = 0
             l1b_lst = []
             for didx, ds_name in enumerate(l1b_ds_list):
-                gvals = get_grid_values(h5f, ds_name, ll_a[0], cc_a[0], 20, fill_value_name=None, range_name=l1b_ds_range[didx], fill_value=l1b_ds_fill[didx])
+                gvals = get_grid_values(h5f, ds_name, ll_a[0], cc_a[0], HALF_WIDTH, fill_value_name=None, range_name=l1b_ds_range[didx], fill_value=l1b_ds_fill[didx])
                 if gvals is not None:
                     l1b_lst.append(gvals)
                     cnt_b += 1