diff --git a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
index 26a1ac84da422c75bfee1c8ec0bf1ba3bae68edb..ea783e34a14c8dd88f072b73f710543c6286d7ea 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def create_file(filename, data_dct, ds_list, lon_c, lat_c, time_s, fl_alt_s, ici
     h5f_expl.close()
 
 
-def run(pirep_dct, outfile=None, outfile_l1b=None, dt_str_start=None, dt_str_end=None):
+def run(pirep_dct, outfile=None, outfile_l1b=None, dt_str_start=None, dt_str_end=None, reduce=False):
     time_keys = list(pirep_dct.keys())
     l1b_grd_dct = {name: [] for name in l1b_ds_list}
     ds_grd_dct = {name: [] for name in ds_list}
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ def run(pirep_dct, outfile=None, outfile_l1b=None, dt_str_start=None, dt_str_end
                 fl_alt_s.append(fl)
                 ice_int_s.append(I)
 
+            if reduce is True:
+                break
+
     if len(time_s) == 0:
         return