diff --git a/modules/deeplearning/icing_cnn.py b/modules/deeplearning/icing_cnn.py
index 1d6a3bef593798f92e7b64a84b61353c9f173292..c4e0103af111c5996f84006cbf39c4ffc44ef4d5 100644
--- a/modules/deeplearning/icing_cnn.py
+++ b/modules/deeplearning/icing_cnn.py
@@ -958,8 +958,8 @@ def run_restore_static(filename_l1b, filename_l2, ckpt_dir_s_path):
     return cm_avg
 
 
-def run_evaluate_static(filename, ckpt_dir_s_path, prob_thresh=0.5, satellite='GOES16', domain='FD'):
-    data_dct, ll, cc = make_for_full_domain_predict(filename, name_list=train_params, domain=domain)
+def run_evaluate_static(h5f, ckpt_dir_s_path, prob_thresh=0.5, satellite='GOES16', domain='FD'):
+    data_dct, ll, cc = make_for_full_domain_predict(h5f, name_list=train_params, domain=domain)
     ckpt_dir_s = os.listdir(ckpt_dir_s_path)
     prob_s = []
     for ckpt in ckpt_dir_s:
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ def run_evaluate_static(filename, ckpt_dir_s_path, prob_thresh=0.5, satellite='G
         ice_lons.append(lon)
         ice_lats.append(lat)
 
-    return filename, ice_lons, ice_lats
+    return ice_lons, ice_lats
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
index e31b75945390452aa9a9bedfd8cb6c0a7ab15523..e0f305a2177a8bf236d968f8ecdc87dfaacdb598 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
@@ -1826,6 +1826,7 @@ def run_make_images(clvrx_dir='/Users/tomrink/data/clavrx/RadC/', ckpt_dir_s_pat
     clvrx_files = clvrx_ds.flist
 
     for fname in clvrx_files:
+        h5f = h5py.File(fname, 'r')
         dto = clvrx_ds.get_datetime(fname)
         ts = dto.timestamp()
         clvrx_str_time = dto.strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M')
@@ -1836,7 +1837,7 @@ def run_make_images(clvrx_dir='/Users/tomrink/data/clavrx/RadC/', ckpt_dir_s_pat
         ts_0 = dto_0.timestamp()
         ts_1 = dto_1.timestamp()
         obs_times, obs_lons, obs_lats, _ = time_filter_3(ice_dict, ts_0, ts_1)
-        _, ice_lons, ice_lats = run_evaluate_static(filename=fname, ckpt_dir_s_path=ckpt_dir_s_path,
-                                                    prob_thresh=prob_thresh, satellite=satellite, domain=domain)
-        make_icing_image(fname, ice_lons, ice_lats, clvrx_str_time, satellite, domain, ice_lons_vld=obs_lons, ice_lats_vld=obs_lats, extent=extent)
+        ice_lons, ice_lats = run_evaluate_static(h5f, ckpt_dir_s_path=ckpt_dir_s_path, prob_thresh=prob_thresh, satellite=satellite, domain=domain)
+        make_icing_image(h5f, ice_lons, ice_lats, clvrx_str_time, satellite, domain, ice_lons_vld=obs_lons, ice_lats_vld=obs_lats, extent=extent)
         print('Done: ', clvrx_str_time)
+        h5f.close()
diff --git a/modules/util/plot.py b/modules/util/plot.py
index 91bb99d93f2d29d7bd0d5ed5d149880412b3c2b6..10e8ec962fb6fd195650573d50542e554287d2f2 100644
--- a/modules/util/plot.py
+++ b/modules/util/plot.py
@@ -229,8 +229,7 @@ def plot_image3(image, cmap='Greys'):
     fig.savefig('/Users/tomrink/image')
 
 
-def make_icing_image(clvrx_file, ice_lons, ice_lats, clvrx_str_time, satellite, domain, ice_lons_vld=None, ice_lats_vld=None, imagename='icing', extent=[-110, -60, 10, 55]):
-    h5f = h5py.File(clvrx_file, 'r')
+def make_icing_image(h5f, ice_lons, ice_lats, clvrx_str_time, satellite, domain, ice_lons_vld=None, ice_lats_vld=None, imagename='icing', extent=[-110, -60, 10, 55]):
     image = get_grid_values_all(h5f, 'temp_10_4um_nom')
 
     geos, xlen, xmin, xmax, ylen, ymin, ymax = get_cartopy_crs(satellite, domain)
@@ -252,7 +251,6 @@ def make_icing_image(clvrx_file, ice_lons, ice_lats, clvrx_str_time, satellite,
     plt.title(title, loc='left', fontweight='bold', fontsize=24)
     ImageDirAndName = os.path.join('/Users/tomrink', imagename+'_'+clvrx_str_time)
     fig.savefig(ImageDirAndName)
-    h5f.close()
 
 
 # values, edges in Epoch time
diff --git a/modules/util/util.py b/modules/util/util.py
index a71f8c08653083297f9b5d20a663e5cc5d6ca16c..095f8d8496e6cab0bb6098abc9a0a89e3a042cb3 100644
--- a/modules/util/util.py
+++ b/modules/util/util.py
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ def get_cartopy_crs(satellite, domain):
 
     return geos, xlen, xmin, xmax, ylen, ymin, ymax
 
+
 # ------------ This code will not be needed when we implement a Fully Connected CNN -----------------------------------
 # Example GOES file to retrieve GEOS parameters in MetPy form (CONUS)
 exmp_file_conus = '/Users/tomrink/data/OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20193140811215_e20193140813588_c20193140814070.nc'
@@ -406,10 +407,11 @@ exmp_file_conus = '/Users/tomrink/data/OR_ABI-L1b-RadC-M6C14_G16_s20193140811215
 exmp_file_fd = '/Users/tomrink/data/OR_ABI-L1b-RadF-M6C16_G16_s20212521800223_e20212521809542_c20212521809596.nc'
 
 
-def make_for_full_domain_predict(clvrx_file, name_list=None, satellite='GOES16', domain='FD'):
+def make_for_full_domain_predict(h5f, name_list=None, satellite='GOES16', domain='FD'):
     w_x = 16
     w_y = 16
 
+    # keep for reference
     # if domain == 'CONUS':
     #     exmpl_ds = xr.open_dataset(exmp_file_conus)
     # elif domain == 'FD':
@@ -422,7 +424,7 @@ def make_for_full_domain_predict(clvrx_file, name_list=None, satellite='GOES16',
 
     geos, xlen, xmin, xmax, ylen, ymin, ymax = get_cartopy_crs(satellite, domain)
 
-    h5f = h5py.File(clvrx_file, 'r')
+    #h5f = h5py.File(clvrx_file, 'r')
 
     grd_dct = {name: None for name in name_list}
 
@@ -461,7 +463,7 @@ def make_for_full_domain_predict(clvrx_file, name_list=None, satellite='GOES16',
     for didx, ds_name in enumerate(name_list):
         grd_dct[ds_name] = np.stack(grd_dct_n[ds_name])
 
-    h5f.close()
+    #h5f.close()
 
     return grd_dct, ll, cc
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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