From af612e88feedb4c3600f7d56e3838eb5baef8cd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Marsh <chrismarsh.c2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 22:27:57 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Enforce the wind direction criteria of interval [0,360)
 instead of erroring out

---
 src/modules/interp_met/WindNinja.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/interp_met/WindNinja.cpp b/src/modules/interp_met/WindNinja.cpp
index 2d17ab71..e32c3053 100644
--- a/src/modules/interp_met/WindNinja.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/interp_met/WindNinja.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ void WindNinja::run(mesh& domain)
 
                 if ((*s)["vw_dir"_s] >= 360.0)
                 {
-                    CHM_THROW_EXCEPTION(module_error, "Wind direction >=360, must be on interval [0,360)");
+                    // enforce the criteria that direction must be on interval [0,360)
+                    (*s)["vw_dir"_s] = (*s)["vw_dir"_s] - 360.0;
                 }
 
                 double theta = (*s)["vw_dir"_s] * M_PI / 180.;