diff --git a/modulefiles/build_macos_gnu.lua b/modulefiles/build_macos_gnu.lua
index 378368712..605500606 100644
--- a/modulefiles/build_macos_gnu.lua
+++ b/modulefiles/build_macos_gnu.lua
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ if mode() == "load" then
 end
 
 
-prepend_path("MODULEPATH", "/Users/username/spack-stack/spack-stack-1.8.0/envs/ufs-wm-env/install/modulefiles/Core")
+prepend_path("MODULEPATH", "/Users/username/spack-stack/spack-stack-1.8.0/envs/ufs-srw-env/install/modulefiles/Core")
 
 stack_gnu_ver=os.getenv("stack_apple_clang_ver") or "15.0.0"
 load(pathJoin("stack-apple-clang", stack_gnu_ver))
 
-stack_openmpi_ver=os.getenv("stack_openmpi_ver") or "4.1.6"
+stack_openmpi_ver=os.getenv("stack_openmpi_ver") or "5.0.3"
 load(pathJoin("stack-openmpi", stack_openmpi_ver))
 
 cmake_ver=os.getenv("cmake_ver") or "3.27.9"
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ setenv("CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID", "GNU")
 
 setenv("CFLAGS","-Wno-implicit-function-declaration ")
 
+if mode() == "load" then
+  LmodMsgRaw([===[
+   Please export these env. variables after the module is successfully loaded:
+       > export LDFLAGS+=" -L${libjpeg_turbo_ROOT}/lib -ljpeg -Wl,-rpath,$libjpeg_turbo_ROOT}/lib -L${jasper_ROOT}/lib -ljasper -Wl,-rpath,${jasper_ROOT}/lib -L${libpng_ROOT}/lib -lpng -Wl,-rpath,${libpng_ROOT}/lib "
+  ]===])
+end
diff --git a/modulefiles/srw_common.lua b/modulefiles/srw_common.lua
index b002b8dca..e39a9727b 100644
--- a/modulefiles/srw_common.lua
+++ b/modulefiles/srw_common.lua
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ load("libpng/1.6.37")
 
 load("netcdf-c/4.9.2")
 load("netcdf-fortran/4.6.1")
-load("parallelio/2.5.10")
+load("parallelio/2.6.2")
 load("esmf/8.6.0")
-load("fms/2024.01")
+load("fms/2024.02")
 
 load("bacio/2.4.1")
 load("crtm/2.4.0.1")
 load("g2/3.5.1")
 load("g2tmpl/1.13.0")
-load("ip/4.3.0")
+load("ip/5.0.0")
 load("sp/2.5.0")
 load("w3emc/2.10.0")
 
-load("gftl-shared/1.6.1")
+load("gftl-shared/1.9.0")
 load("mapl/2.40.3-esmf-8.6.0")
 
 load("nemsio/2.5.4")
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ load("sigio/2.3.2")
 load("w3nco/2.4.1")
 load("wrf-io/1.2.0")
 
-load_any("wgrib2/2.0.8","wgrib2/3.1.1")
+load("wgrib2/3.1.1")
diff --git a/ush/config.yaml b/ush/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..379c97310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ush/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+metadata:
+  description: 
+    Sample community config
+user:
+  RUN_ENVIR: community
+  MACHINE: macos
+  ACCOUNT: an_account
+workflow:
+  USE_CRON_TO_RELAUNCH: false
+  EXPT_SUBDIR: test_macos
+  CCPP_PHYS_SUITE: FV3_GFS_v16
+  PREDEF_GRID_NAME: RRFS_CONUS_25km
+  DATE_FIRST_CYCL: '2019061518'
+  DATE_LAST_CYCL: '2019061518'
+  FCST_LEN_HRS: 12
+  PREEXISTING_DIR_METHOD: rename
+  VERBOSE: true
+  COMPILER: intel
+task_get_extrn_ics:
+  EXTRN_MDL_NAME_ICS: FV3GFS
+  FV3GFS_FILE_FMT_ICS: grib2
+  USE_USER_STAGED_EXTRN_FILES: true
+  EXTRN_MDL_SOURCE_BASEDIR_ICS: "/Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/input_model_data/FV3GFS/grib2/2019061518"
+task_get_extrn_lbcs:
+  EXTRN_MDL_NAME_LBCS: FV3GFS
+  LBC_SPEC_INTVL_HRS: 6
+  FV3GFS_FILE_FMT_LBCS: grib2
+  USE_USER_STAGED_EXTRN_FILES: true
+  EXTRN_MDL_SOURCE_BASEDIR_LBCS: "/Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/input_model_data/FV3GFS/grib2/2019061518"
+task_run_fcst:
+  QUILTING: true
+  LAYOUT_X: 3
+  LAYOUT_Y: 2
+  WRTCMP_write_tasks_per_group: 2
+task_plot_allvars:
+  COMOUT_REF: ""
+global:
+  DO_ENSEMBLE: false  
+  NUM_ENS_MEMBERS: 2
+rocoto:
+  tasks:
+    taskgroups: '{{ ["parm/wflow/prep.yaml", "parm/wflow/coldstart.yaml", "parm/wflow/post.yaml", "parm/wflow/plot.yaml"]|include }}'
+    metatask_run_ensemble:
+      task_run_fcst_mem#mem#:
+        walltime: 02:00:00
+  task_plot_allvars:
+    PLOT_FCST_START: 0
+    PLOT_FCST_INC: 6
+    PLOT_FCST_END: 6
diff --git a/ush/machine/macos.yaml b/ush/machine/macos.yaml
index ac65bd658..1da102803 100644
--- a/ush/machine/macos.yaml
+++ b/ush/machine/macos.yaml
@@ -2,31 +2,31 @@ platform:
   WORKFLOW_MANAGER: none
   NCORES_PER_NODE: 8
   TASKTHROTTLE: 1
-  SCHED: slurm
-  TEST_CCPA_OBS_DIR: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/obs_data/ccpa/proc
-  TEST_MRMS_OBS_DIR: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/obs_data/mrms/proc
-  TEST_NDAS_OBS_DIR: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/obs_data/ndas/proc
-  TEST_NOHRSC_OBS_DIR: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/obs_data/nohrsc/proc
-  DOMAIN_PREGEN_BASEDIR: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/FV3LAM_pregen
+  SCHED: none 
+  TEST_CCPA_OBS_DIR: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/obs_data/ccpa/proc
+  TEST_MRMS_OBS_DIR: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/obs_data/mrms/proc
+  TEST_NDAS_OBS_DIR: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/obs_data/ndas/proc
+  TEST_NOHRSC_OBS_DIR: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/obs_data/nohrsc/proc
+  DOMAIN_PREGEN_BASEDIR: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/FV3LAM_pregen
   RUN_CMD_FCST: mpirun -n ${PE_MEMBER01}
   RUN_CMD_POST: mpirun
   RUN_CMD_PRDGEN: mpirun
   RUN_CMD_SERIAL: time
   RUN_CMD_UTILS: mpirun
   PRE_TASK_CMDS: '{ ulimit -a; ulimit -s -S unlimited; }'
-  TEST_EXTRN_MDL_SOURCE_BASEDIR: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/input_model_data
-  TEST_PREGEN_BASEDIR: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/FV3LAM_pregen
-  TEST_ALT_EXTRN_MDL_SYSBASEDIR_ICS: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/dummy_FV3GFS_sys_dir
-  TEST_ALT_EXTRN_MDL_SYSBASEDIR_LBCS: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/dummy_FV3GFS_sys_dir
-  FIXaer: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/fix/fix_aer
-  FIXgsm: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/fix/fix_am
-  FIXlut: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/fix/fix_lut
-  FIXorg: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/fix/fix_orog
-  FIXsfc: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/fix/fix_sfc_climo
-  FIXshp: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/NaturalEarth
+  TEST_EXTRN_MDL_SOURCE_BASEDIR: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/input_model_data
+  TEST_PREGEN_BASEDIR: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/FV3LAM_pregen
+  TEST_ALT_EXTRN_MDL_SYSBASEDIR_ICS: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/dummy_FV3GFS_sys_dir
+  TEST_ALT_EXTRN_MDL_SYSBASEDIR_LBCS: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/dummy_FV3GFS_sys_dir
+  FIXaer: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/fix/fix_aer
+  FIXgsm: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/fix/fix_am
+  FIXlut: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/fix/fix_lut
+  FIXorg: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/fix/fix_orog
+  FIXsfc: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/fix/fix_sfc_climo
+  FIXshp: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/NaturalEarth
   EXTRN_MDL_DATA_STORES: aws nomads
 data:
   ics_lbcs:
     FV3GFS: 
-       nemsio: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/FV3GFS/nemsio
-       grib2: /Users/username/UFS_SRW_data/FV3GFS/grib2
+       nemsio: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/input_model_data/FV3GFS/nemsio
+       grib2: /Users/username/DATA/UFS/input_model_data/FV3GFS/grib2