diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a3775fc12d..11963440cf 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 = feature/syncWW30419
 [submodule "stochastic_physics"]
   path = stochastic_physics
   url = https://github.com/NOAA-PSL/stochastic_physics
diff --git a/WW3 b/WW3
index 081d5a64f2..3025874474 160000
--- a/WW3
+++ b/WW3
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 081d5a64f205caac7f920acec6004b1a184f5709
+Subproject commit 30258744746ebaef24de3aa6e1f33cf791c8771b