diff --git a/modules/amv/intercompare.py b/modules/amv/intercompare.py
index c45a14a077a14352628d471d28de25bc38212809..32ad6a80b3e59f15947b5a37157234b0cddc2f75 100644
--- a/modules/amv/intercompare.py
+++ b/modules/amv/intercompare.py
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ def get_amv_winds_match(dist_threshold=150, cqi=50):
     return amvs_all
 
 
-def best_fit(amv_spd, amv_dir, amv_prs, amv_lat, amv_lon, fcst_spd, fcst_dir, fcst_prs):
+def best_fit(amv_spd, amv_dir, amv_prs, amv_lat, amv_lon, fcst_spd, fcst_dir, fcst_prs, verbose=False):
 
     """Finds the background model best fit pressure associated with the AMV.
        The model best-fit pressure is the height (in pressure units) where the
@@ -869,9 +869,6 @@ def best_fit(amv_spd, amv_dir, amv_prs, amv_lat, amv_lon, fcst_spd, fcst_dir, fc
 
     fcst_num_levels = fcst_spd.shape[0]
 
-#   verbose = True
-    verbose = False
-
     SatwindBestFitPress = undef
     SatwindBestFitU = undef
     SatwindBestFitV = undef
@@ -1022,8 +1019,7 @@ def best_fit(amv_spd, amv_dir, amv_prs, amv_lat, amv_lon, fcst_spd, fcst_dir, fc
 def best_fit_altitude(amv_spd, amv_dir, amv_alt, amv_lat, amv_lon, fcst_spd, fcst_dir, fcst_alt,
                       amv_uwind=None, amv_vwind=None,
                       fcst_uwind=None, fcst_vwind=None,
-                      alt_top=25000.0, alt_bot=0.0, bf_half_width=1000.0, constraint_half_width=1000.0):
-    verbose = False
+                      alt_top=25000.0, alt_bot=0.0, bf_half_width=1000.0, constraint_half_width=1000.0, verbose=False):
     fcst_num_levels = fcst_alt.shape[0]
 
     flag = 3