diff --git a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
index d02979ecd44eb754aa0c573ba5b9cd9e9dad355f..5d1eb8095bd2ce7ef91c4d48c832b22edeee0e1f 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ def apply_qc_icing_pireps(icing_alt, cld_top_hgt, cld_geo_dz, cld_phase, cld_opd
         # keep = np.where(keep, (cld_top_hgt[i,] - max_depth) < icing_alt[i], False)
 
         # keep = np.where(keep, np.logical_and(bt_11um[i,] > 228.0, bt_11um[i,] < 270.0), False)
-        keep = np.where(keep, np.logical_and(bt_11um[i,] < 274.0), False)
+        keep = np.where(keep, bt_11um[i,] < 274.0, False)
 
         mask.append(keep)
         idxs.append(i)
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ def apply_qc_no_icing_pireps(icing_alt, cld_top_hgt, cld_geo_dz, cld_phase, cld_
         opd_thick_threshold = 2
         opd_thin_threshold = 0.1
 
-    closeness_top = 200.0  # meters
+    closeness_top = 100.0  # meters
     max_depth = 3000.0
 
     num_obs = len(icing_alt)
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ def apply_qc_no_icing_pireps(icing_alt, cld_top_hgt, cld_geo_dz, cld_phase, cld_
         # keep = np.where(keep, (cld_top_hgt[i,] - max_depth) < icing_alt[i], False)
 
         # keep = np.where(keep, np.logical_and(bt_11um[i,] > 228.0, bt_11um[i,] < 270.0), False)
-        keep = np.where(keep, np.logical_and(bt_11um[i,] < 274.0), False)
+        keep = np.where(keep, bt_11um[i,] < 274.0, False)
 
         mask.append(keep)
         idxs.append(i)