diff --git a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
index 00112f7151eb5217a524fd70ad9b2d7b27716c6f..145edd09b366b13d5dcebdb29ee247dd8fc45b8b 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ def run_daynight(filename, filename_l1b, day_night='ANY'):
 
 
 def run_qc(filename, filename_l1b, day_night='ANY'):
+    pass_thresh_frac = 0.3
     x_a = 10
     x_b = 30
     y_a = x_a
@@ -724,7 +725,7 @@ def run_qc(filename, filename_l1b, day_night='ANY'):
     keep_idxs = []
 
     for i in range(len(mask)):
-        if (np.sum(mask[i]) / nx_x_ny) > 0.20:
+        if (np.sum(mask[i]) / nx_x_ny) > pass_thresh_frac:
             keep_idxs.append(idxs[i])
 
     print('num valid pireps: ', len(keep_idxs))