diff --git a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
index 103a4cba456932d8167ddbccb19b18fac1a54fa5..7c88d533a5b659a52d8da40d7deef49cb1b15fd2 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ def process_cld_prob(param_s, tile):
 def process_cld_prob_(grd_k):
     keep = np.invert(np.isnan(grd_k))
     num_keep = np.sum(keep)
-    if num_keep / grd_k.size < 0.95:
+    if num_keep / grd_k.size < 0.98:
         return None
     keep = np.where(keep, np.logical_and(0.05 < grd_k, grd_k < 0.95), False)
-    if np.sum(keep)/num_keep < 0.25:
+    if np.sum(keep)/num_keep < 0.50:
         return None
     grd_k = np.where(np.invert(keep), 0, grd_k)
     return grd_k