diff --git a/sorc/build_ww3prepost.sh b/sorc/build_ww3prepost.sh
index 67ee5e1dc2..5c86774067 100755
--- a/sorc/build_ww3prepost.sh
+++ b/sorc/build_ww3prepost.sh
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ sed -e "s/DIST/SHRD/g"\
     -e "s/OMPH / /g"\
     -e "s/MPIT / /g"\
     -e "s/MPI / /g"\
+    -e "s/PIO / /g"\
     -e "s/B4B / /g"\
     -e "s/PDLIB / /g"\
     -e "s/SCOTCH / /g"\
diff --git a/sorc/link_workflow.sh b/sorc/link_workflow.sh
index b35b7ff35a..4748061a82 100755
--- a/sorc/link_workflow.sh
+++ b/sorc/link_workflow.sh
@@ -144,10 +144,8 @@ cd "${HOMEgfs}/parm/ufs" || exit 1
 ${LINK_OR_COPY} "${HOMEgfs}/sorc/ufs_model.fd/tests/parm/noahmptable.tbl" .
 
 cd "${HOMEgfs}/parm/post" || exit 1
-for file in params_grib2_tbl_new nam_micro_lookup.dat
-do
-  ${LINK_OR_COPY} "${HOMEgfs}/sorc/upp.fd/parm/${file}" .
-done
+${LINK_OR_COPY} "${HOMEgfs}/sorc/upp.fd/parm/params_grib2_tbl_new" .
+${LINK_OR_COPY} "${HOMEgfs}/sorc/upp.fd/fix/nam_micro_lookup.dat" . 
 for dir in gfs gefs sfs
 do
   ${LINK_OR_COPY} "${HOMEgfs}/sorc/upp.fd/parm/${dir}" .
diff --git a/sorc/ufs_model.fd b/sorc/ufs_model.fd
index 6a4e09e947..63ace62a36 160000
--- a/sorc/ufs_model.fd
+++ b/sorc/ufs_model.fd
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6a4e09e94773ffa39ce7ab6a54a885efada91f21
+Subproject commit 63ace62a36a263f03b914a92fc5536509e862dbc
diff --git a/ush/parsing_namelists_CICE.sh b/ush/parsing_namelists_CICE.sh
index 3822094c97..16c89ee80d 100755
--- a/ush/parsing_namelists_CICE.sh
+++ b/ush/parsing_namelists_CICE.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ local CICE_RESTART_FORMAT="pnetcdf2"
 local CICE_DUMPFREQ="y"  # "h","d","m" or "y" for restarts at intervals of "hours", "days", "months" or "years"
 local CICE_DUMPFREQ_N=10000  # Set this to a really large value, as cice, mom6 and cmeps restart interval is controlled by ufs.configure
 local CICE_DIAGFREQ=$(( 86400 / DT_CICE ))  # frequency of diagnostic output in timesteps, recommended for 1x per day
-local CICE_HISTFREQ_N="0, 0, ${FHOUT_ICE}, 1, 1"
+local CICE_HISTFREQ_N="0, 0, ${FHOUT_ICE}, 0, 1"
+local CICE_hist_suffix="'x','x','x','x','x'"
 if [[ "${RUN}" =~ "gdas" ]]; then
   local CICE_HIST_AVG=".false., .false., .false., .false., .false."   # DA needs instantaneous
 else
diff --git a/ush/parsing_ufs_configure.sh b/ush/parsing_ufs_configure.sh
index 062b40591e..d8276476c4 100755
--- a/ush/parsing_ufs_configure.sh
+++ b/ush/parsing_ufs_configure.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ if [[ "${cplwav}" = ".true." ]]; then
   local MULTIGRID="${waveMULTIGRID}"
   local WW3_user_sets_restname="false"
 
+  local WW3_user_histname="false"
+  local WW3_historync="false"
+  local WW3_restartnc="false" 
+  local WW3_restart_from_binary="false"
+  local WW3_PIO_FORMAT="pnetcdf"
+  local WW3_PIO_IOTASKS=-99
+  local WW3_PIO_STRIDE=4
+  local WW3_PIO_REARR="box"
+  local WW3_PIO_ROOT=-99
+
 fi
 
 if [[ "${cplchm}" = ".true." ]]; then