diff --git a/test/soca/testinput/socahybridweights.yaml b/test/soca/testinput/socahybridweights.yaml
index cdad1ab27..855dd6d60 100644
--- a/test/soca/testinput/socahybridweights.yaml
+++ b/test/soca/testinput/socahybridweights.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,19 @@ background:
   read_from_file: 1
 
 weights:
-  ice: 0.1
-  ocean: 0.5
+  # Need to provide weights^2 when reading from file
+  ice: 0.0025   #  5% of original variance
+  ocean: 0.0625   # 25%      "       "
+  # Apply localized weights to the ocean ens. B
+  ocean local weights:
+  - lon: -172.0
+    lat: 11.0
+    amplitude: -1.0
+    length scale: 700.0
+  - lon: -160.0
+    lat: 12.0
+    amplitude: -1.0
+    length scale: 700.0
 
 output:
   datadir: ./