diff --git a/modules/util/gfs_reader.py b/modules/util/gfs_reader.py
index 098a071d46848dc289129edfc279358598f34080..6371062997b8ec5730d2f088393682eca63560a4 100644
--- a/modules/util/gfs_reader.py
+++ b/modules/util/gfs_reader.py
@@ -308,6 +308,21 @@ def get_time_interpolated_point(ds_0, ds_1, time0, time1, fld_name, time, lons,
     return intrp_vals
 
 
+def get_time_interpolated_point_s(xr_dataset_s, time_s, fld_name_s, time, lons, lats, method='linear'):
+    pt_s = []
+    for ds in xr_dataset_s:
+        pt = get_point_s(ds, fld_name_s, lons, lats)
+        pt_s.append(pt)
+
+    pt = xr.concat(pt_s, 'time')
+    pt = pt.assign_coords(time=time_s)
+
+    intrp_pt = pt.interp(time=time, method=method)
+    intrp_pt = intrp_pt.values
+
+    return intrp_pt
+
+
 def get_time_interpolated_voxel(xr_dataset_s, time_s, time, fld_name, lon, lat, press, x_width=5, y_width=5, z_width=3, method='linear'):
     vox_s = []
     for ds in xr_dataset_s: