diff --git a/src/Conventional_Monitor/data_extract/ush/ConMon_DE.sh b/src/Conventional_Monitor/data_extract/ush/ConMon_DE.sh
index e02b9387..461add5b 100755
--- a/src/Conventional_Monitor/data_extract/ush/ConMon_DE.sh
+++ b/src/Conventional_Monitor/data_extract/ush/ConMon_DE.sh
@@ -145,16 +145,9 @@ echo "CNVSTAT_LOCATION = $CNVSTAT_LOCATION"
 
 export COMPONENT=${COMPONENT:-atmos}
 
-#
-#  Is there any difference in location from ops to wkfl?
-#
-
 export C_DATDIR=${C_DATDIR:-${CNVSTAT_LOCATION}/${RUN}.${PDY}/${CYC}/${COMPONENT}}
 export C_GDATDIR=${C_GDATDIR:-${CNVSTAT_LOCATION}/${RUN}.${PDYm6h}/${GCYC}/${COMPONENT}}
 
-echo "C_DATDIR  = $C_DATDIR"
-echo "C_GDATDIR = $C_GDATDIR"
-
 export C_COMIN=${C_DATDIR}
 export C_COMINm6h=${C_GDATDIR}
 
diff --git a/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/ConMon_IG.sh b/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/ConMon_IG.sh
index f36a790d..9ecda11b 100755
--- a/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/ConMon_IG.sh
+++ b/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/ConMon_IG.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function usage {
   echo "            Suffix is the indentifier for this data source."
   echo " "
   echo "            -p | --pdate yyyymmddcc to specify the cycle to be plotted."
-  echo "                 If not specified pdate will be set using the "
+  echo "                 If not specified, pdate will be set using the "
   echo "                 C_IMGNDIR/last_plot_time file, and if that doesn't"
   echo "                 exist, then the last available date will be plotted."
   echo " "             
@@ -137,9 +137,8 @@ fi
 echo "C_IG_SCRIPTS = ${C_IG_SCRIPTS}"
 echo "C_TANKDIR = ${C_TANKDIR}"
 
-last_cycle=`${C_IG_SCRIPTS}/find_cycle.pl \
-		--cyc 1 --dir ${C_TANKDIR} --run ${RUN}`
-
+last_cycle=`${MON_USH}/find_last_cycle.sh --net ${CONMON_SUFFIX} \
+              --run ${RUN} --tank ${TANKDIR} --mon conmon`
 
 if [[ ${PDATE} = "" ]]; then
 
@@ -191,9 +190,7 @@ if [[ $PDATE -le ${last_cycle} ]]; then
    #--------------------------------------------------------------------
    #  Update the last_plot_time file if found
    #--------------------------------------------------------------------
-   echo C_IMGNDIR = $C_IMGNDIR
    if [[ -e ${C_IMGNDIR}/last_plot_time ]]; then
-      echo "update last_plot_time file"  
       echo ${PDATE} > ${C_IMGNDIR}/last_plot_time
    fi
 
diff --git a/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/Transfer.sh b/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/Transfer.sh
index 2ed5b4cb..f9d58142 100755
--- a/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/Transfer.sh
+++ b/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/Transfer.sh
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ export jobname=transfer_${CONMON_SUFFIX}_conmon
 #  and leave it to the user to manually transfer files to
 #  the server.
 #
-if [[ $MY_MACHINE = "wcoss2" ]]; then
+if [[ ${MY_MACHINE} = "wcoss2" ]]; then
 
-   $SUB -q $JOB_QUEUE -A $ACCOUNT -o ${logfile} -e ${errfile} \
+   ${SUB} -q ${JOB_QUEUE} -A ${ACCOUNT} -o ${logfile} -e ${errfile} \
         -V -l select=1:mem=500M -l walltime=45:00 -N ${jobname} \
         ${C_IG_SCRIPTS}/transfer_imgs.sh
 
 else
-   echo "Unable to transfer files from $MY_MACHINE to $WEBSVR."
+   echo "Unable to transfer files from ${MY_MACHINE} to ${WEBSVR}."
    echo "Manual intervention is required."
 
 fi
diff --git a/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/find_cycle.pl b/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/find_cycle.pl
deleted file mode 100755
index 0fbd5393..00000000
--- a/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/find_cycle.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,208 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/perl
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  find_cycle.pl
-#
-#    Arguments: 
-#       --dir     : Required string value containing  $TANKdir/$SUFFIX.
-#       --cyc     : Optional integer value:
-#       		1 = last cycle  (default)
-#       		0 = first cycle
-#       --run     : Run name, generally 'gdas' or 'gfs'.  
-#		    If not specified 'gdas' will be used.
-#
-#    Return that first/last cycle as a text string in YYYYMMDDHH format,
-#      or return nothing if none of the expected data files are found.
-#
-#    Note that this is designed to be used by a shell script which will
-#    pick up the returned cycle string.  If debug statements are left 
-#    in this perl script then the calling shell script will have 
-#    problems.
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-   use strict;
-   use warnings;
-   use Getopt::Long;
-   use Scalar::Util qw(looks_like_number);
-
-
-   #-------------------------------------------------------------------
-   #
-   #  Subroutine uniq
-   # 
-   #    Given an input array, return all unique values in an array.
-   # 
-   #-------------------------------------------------------------------
-   sub uniq {
-      my %seen;
-      return grep { !$seen{$_}++ } @_;
-   }
-
-
-   ##------------------------------------------------------------------
-   ##------------------------------------------------------------------
-   ##
-   ##  begin main 
-   ##
-   ##------------------------------------------------------------------
-   ##------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-   my $run  = 'gdas';
-   my $dir  = '';
-   my $lcm  = 'conmon';
-   my $cyc  = '1';
-
-   GetOptions( 'cyc:i' => \$cyc,
-               'run:s' => \$run,
-               'dir=s' => \$dir,
-               'lcm:s' => \$lcm );  
- 
-   my @alldirs;
-   my $dirpath = $dir;
-
-   #-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
-   #  Get list of $run.* directories which contain conmon subdirectories
-   #
-   opendir(DIR, $dirpath) or die "Cannot open directory $!";
-   while (my $file = readdir(DIR)) {
-        next unless (-d "$dirpath/$file");
-        push( @alldirs, $file );
-   }
-   closedir DIR;
-
-   my $search_string;
-
-   if( length($run) == 0 ){
-      $search_string = $lcm;
-   } else {
-      $search_string = $run;
-   }
-
-   my @mmdirs = grep { /$search_string/ } @alldirs;
-   #-----------------------------------------------------------------------   
-   #  If there are no $run.yyyymmdd subdirectories, then exit without 
-   #    returning any date string.
-   #
-   if( $#mmdirs < 0 ) {
-      print "exiting with 0 mmdirs\n";
-      exit;
-   } 
-
-
-   #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   #  Sort the mmdirs array and loop through it from end to beginning
-   #
-
-   my @sortmm = sort( @mmdirs );
-
-   my $ctr;
-   my $incr;
-   my $end_ctr;
-   my @hrs;
-
-   #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-   #  Arrange the logic here for accessing either the first or last
-   #  cycle.  If we're after the first cycle the directories will be 
-   #  processed from 0 to max.  Note below the cycle hours are processed
-   #  from max to 0, so the cycle order is reversed (18..00) when looking
-   #  for the first cycle.
-   # 
-   if( $cyc == 0 ){  
-      $ctr = -1;
-      $incr = 1;
-      $end_ctr = $#sortmm;
-      @hrs = qw( 18 12 06 00 );
-   } else { 
-      $ctr = $#sortmm + 1;
-      $incr = -1;
-      @hrs = qw( 00 06 12 18 );
-      $end_ctr = 0;
-   }
-
-
-   my $found_cycle = 0;
-
-   #  Start with the latest directory and attempt to locate monitor 
-   #  subdirectories.
-   #
-
-   my $exit_flag = 0;
-
-   do {
-      $ctr = $ctr + $incr;
- 
-      #  In each subdirectory attempt to locate all *stas* files
-      #  and parse out all unique date values.  The latest is the answer
-      #  we're looking for. 
-      #
-      #  If there are no *stas* files, step to the next iteration.
-      #
-
-      my $newdir; 
-      my $hr_ctr = $#hrs + 1;
-
-      do {
- 
-         $hr_ctr = $hr_ctr - 1;
-         
-         $newdir = "${dirpath}/${sortmm[$ctr]}/${hrs[$hr_ctr]}/${lcm}/time_vert";
-
-
-         if( -d $newdir ) {
-            opendir DIR, $newdir or die "Cannot open the current directory: $!";
-
-            my @timefiles = grep { /stas/ && !/ctl/ } readdir DIR;
-
-            if( $#timefiles >= 0 ) {
-               my @sorttime = sort( @timefiles );
-               my @times;
-               my $idx = 0;
-
-               #  Find the first string of 10 digits; that's the date.  Use that 
-               #  $idx number to process all files.
-               #
-               my @vals = split( '\.', $timefiles[0] ); 
-               for ( my $ii=$#vals; $ii >= 0; $ii-- ) {
-                  if( looks_like_number( $vals[$ii] ) && length($vals[$ii] ) == 10 ){
-                     $idx = $ii;
-                  }
-               }
-
-               for ( my $ii=$#sorttime; $ii >= 0; $ii-- ) {
-                  my $teststr = $sorttime[$ii];
-
-                  my @values = split( '\.', $teststr );
-                  if( length($values[$idx] ) == 10 ){   
-                     push( @times, $values[$idx] );
-                  }
-               }
-
-               if ( $#times >= 0 ) {
-                  my @utimes = sort( uniq( @times ) );
-                  if( $cyc == 1 ) {
-                     print "$utimes[$#utimes]";
-                     $found_cycle = 1;
-                  } elsif( $cyc == 2 && $#utimes >= 1 ) {
-                     print "$utimes[$#utimes-1]";
-                     $found_cycle = 1;
-                  } else {
-                     print "$utimes[0]";
-                     $found_cycle = 1;
-                  }
-               }
-            }
-
-         } 
-          
-      } while $hr_ctr > 0 && $found_cycle == 0;
-
-
-      if( $cyc == 0 && $ctr >= $end_ctr ){  
-         $exit_flag = 1;
-      } elsif( $cyc == 1 && $ctr <= $end_ctr ){
-         $exit_flag = 1;
-      }
-   
-
-   } while $found_cycle == 0 && $exit_flag == 0;
-
diff --git a/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/mk_time_vert.sh b/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/mk_time_vert.sh
index 691f6d1e..3429c2c4 100755
--- a/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/mk_time_vert.sh
+++ b/src/Conventional_Monitor/image_gen/ush/mk_time_vert.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ echo "--> mk_time_vert.sh"
                 -p ${SERVICE_PARTITION} -J ${jobname} -o ${logfile} ${pltfile}
 
    elif [[ ${MY_MACHINE} = "wcoss2" ]]; then
-      echo "submitting $jobname"
       $SUB -V -q $JOB_QUEUE -A $ACCOUNT -o ${logfile} -e ${logfile} -l walltime=50:00 -N ${jobname} \
                 -l select=1:mem=200M ${pltfile}
    fi
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ echo "--> mk_time_vert.sh"
       fi
 
       if [[ ${MY_MACHINE} == "hera" || ${MY_MACHINE} == "s4" || \
-            ${MY_MACHINE} == "jet" || ${MY_MACHINE} = "orion" ]]; then
+            ${MY_MACHINE} == "jet" || ${MY_MACHINE} == "orion" ]]; then
          if [[ ${type} == "uv" || ${type} == "u" || ${type} == "v" ]]; then
             walltime="02:30:00"
          else
@@ -69,11 +68,10 @@ echo "--> mk_time_vert.sh"
 
       elif [[ ${MY_MACHINE} = "wcoss2" ]]; then
          if [[ ${type} == "uv" || ${type} == "u" || ${type} == "v" ]]; then
-            walltime="01:30:00"
+            walltime="02:00:00"
          else
             walltime="50:00"
          fi
-        echo "submitting $jobname"
 
         $SUB -V -q ${JOB_QUEUE} -A ${ACCOUNT} -o ${logfile} -e ${logfile} -l walltime=${walltime}\
 	       	-N ${jobname} -l select=1:mem=200M ${pltfile}
@@ -113,7 +111,6 @@ echo "--> mk_time_vert.sh"
                 -p ${SERVICE_PARTITION} -J ${jobname} -o ${logfile} ${pltfile}
      
       elif [[ ${MY_MACHINE} == "wcoss2" ]]; then
-	echo "submitting $jobname"
         ${SUB} -V -q ${JOB_QUEUE} -A ${ACCOUNT} -o ${logfile} -e ${logfile} -l walltime=50:00 \
 	       	-N ${jobname} -l select=1:mem=500M ${pltfile}
 
diff --git a/src/Conventional_Monitor/parm/ConMon_config b/src/Conventional_Monitor/parm/ConMon_config
index 201b4cbd..395b858a 100644
--- a/src/Conventional_Monitor/parm/ConMon_config
+++ b/src/Conventional_Monitor/parm/ConMon_config
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ export WEBDIR=${WEBDIR:-/home/people/emc/www/htdocs/gmb/gdas/es_conv}
 #  TANKDIR is the location for the extracted data files and
 #  the control files used for image plotting.
 #
-#export CONMON_TANKDIR=/u/Edward.Safford/nbns
-#export C_TANKverf=${C_TANKverf:-${CONMON_TANKDIR}}
-
 export C_TANKDIR=${TANKDIR}/stats/${CONMON_SUFFIX}
 export C_IMGNDIR=${TANKDIR}/imgn/${CONMON_SUFFIX}/${RUN}/conmon
 
@@ -88,28 +85,16 @@ export C_STMP_USER=${C_STMP_USER:-${MON_STMP}/${LOGNAME}}
 export C_PTMP_USER=${C_PTMP_USER:-${MON_PTMP}/${LOGNAME}}
 
 export C_LOGDIR=${MON_LOGDIR}/${CONMON_SUFFIX}/${RUN}/conmon
-#export WORK_conmon=${WORK_conmon:-${C_STMP_USER}/${CONMON_SUFFIX}/${RUN}/ConMon}
+export CONMON_IMAGE_GEN=${CONMON_IMAGE_GEN:-${MY_CONMON}/image_gen}
 
-#   export CONMON_DATA_EXTRACT=${CONMON_DATA_EXTRACT:-${MY_CONMON}/data_extract}
-#   export C_DE_EXEC=${C_DE_EXEC:-${CONMON_DATA_EXTRACT}/exec}
-#   export C_DE_PARM=${C_DE_PARM:-${CONMON_DATA_EXTRACT}/parm}
-#   export C_DE_SCRIPTS=${C_DE_SCRIPTS:-${CONMON_DATA_EXTRACT}/ush}
-#
-   export CONMON_IMAGE_GEN=${CONMON_IMAGE_GEN:-${MY_CONMON}/image_gen}
-#   export C_IG_EXEC=${C_IG_EXEC:-${CONMON_IMAGE_GEN}/exec}
-   export C_IG_GSCRIPTS=${C_IG_GSCRIPTS:-${CONMON_IMAGE_GEN}/gscripts}
-#   export C_IG_PARM=${C_IG_PARM:-${CONMON_IMAGE_GEN}/parm}
-   export C_IG_SCRIPTS=${C_IG_SCRIPTS:-${CONMON_IMAGE_GEN}/ush}
-   export C_IG_FIX=${C_IG_FIX:-${CONMON_IMAGE_GEN}/fix}
-#   export C_IG_HTML=${C_IG_HTML:-${CONMON_IMAGE_GEN}/html}
-#   export C_IG_SAVE_WORK=${C_IG_SAVE_WORK:-1}		# switch to save plot work directories
-#
-#   export CONMON_PARM=${CONMON_PARM:-${MY_CONMON}/parm}
+export C_IG_GSCRIPTS=${C_IG_GSCRIPTS:-${CONMON_IMAGE_GEN}/gscripts}
+export C_IG_SCRIPTS=${C_IG_SCRIPTS:-${CONMON_IMAGE_GEN}/ush}
+export C_IG_FIX=${C_IG_FIX:-${CONMON_IMAGE_GEN}/fix}
 
-   export HOMEconmon_shared=${HOMEconmon_shared:-${MY_CONMON}/nwprod/conmon_shared}
-   export HOMEgdas_conmon=${HOMEgdas_conmon:-${MY_CONMON}/nwprod/gdas_conmon}
-   export HOMEgfs_conmon=$HOMEgdas_conmon
+export HOMEconmon_shared=${HOMEconmon_shared:-${MY_CONMON}/nwprod/conmon_shared}
+export HOMEgdas_conmon=${HOMEgdas_conmon:-${MY_CONMON}/nwprod/gdas_conmon}
+export HOMEgfs_conmon=$HOMEgdas_conmon
 
-   export USHconmon=${USHconmon:-${HOMEconmon_shared}/ush}
-   export EXECconmon=${EXECconmon:-${GSI_MON_BIN}}
+export USHconmon=${USHconmon:-${HOMEconmon_shared}/ush}
+export EXECconmon=${EXECconmon:-${GSI_MON_BIN}}