diff --git a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
index 5911ed371eb87ee3675e5df59f85b697d0049b02..1d6abd0c1ac10d2966647f51802b8b9367d7ead6 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
@@ -698,8 +698,7 @@ def run_daynight(filename, filename_l1b, day_night='ANY'):
     f_l1b.close()
 
 
-def run_qc(filename, filename_l1b, day_night='ANY'):
-    pass_thresh_frac = 0.15
+def run_qc(filename, filename_l1b, day_night='ANY', pass_thresh_frac=0.25):
 
     f = h5py.File(filename, 'r')
     icing_alt = f['icing_altitude'][:]