diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ab72b60a64..038388ac18 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
   branch = develop
 [submodule "WW3"]
   path = WW3
-  url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/WW3
-  branch = dev/ufs-weather-model
+  #url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/WW3
+  #branch = dev/ufs-weather-model
+  url = https://github.com/jessicameixner-noaa/WW3	
+  branch = syncdev2ufs20241220
 [submodule "stochastic_physics"]
   path = stochastic_physics
   url = https://github.com/NOAA-PSL/stochastic_physics
diff --git a/WW3 b/WW3
index 29063ec7b6..11c867b311 160000
--- a/WW3
+++ b/WW3
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 29063ec7b631d3a967172e8c45c5af13a18e0a82
+Subproject commit 11c867b311b48f3e9b031ee77e1b55826aac2c30
diff --git a/tests/rt.sh b/tests/rt.sh
index 275ec03510..386253fb77 100755
--- a/tests/rt.sh
+++ b/tests/rt.sh
@@ -1049,7 +1049,8 @@ if [[ "${CREATE_BASELINE}" == false ]] ; then
 fi
 
 INPUTDATA_ROOT=${INPUTDATA_ROOT:-${DISKNM}/NEMSfv3gfs/input-data-20240501}
-INPUTDATA_ROOT_WW3=${INPUTDATA_ROOT}/WW3_input_data_20240214
+INPUTDATA_ROOT_WW3=${INPUTDATA_ROOT}/WW3_input_data_20241230
+INPUTDATA_ROOT_WW3=/scratch1/NCEPDEV/climate/Jessica.Meixner/PR_WW3/UFSPR20241230/WW3_input_data_20241230
 INPUTDATA_ROOT_BMIC=${INPUTDATA_ROOT_BMIC:-${DISKNM}/NEMSfv3gfs/BM_IC-20220207}
 INPUTDATA_LM4=${INPUTDATA_LM4:-${INPUTDATA_ROOT}/LM4_input_data}