Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/test/NightlyRun/test243.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/test/NightlyRun/test243.py	(revision 24237)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/test/NightlyRun/test243.py	(revision 24238)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #load hourly surface forcing date from 1979 to 2009:
 if sys.version_info.major == 2:
-    inputs = np.load('../Data/gemb_input.npy').item()
+    inputs = np.load('../Data/gemb_input.npy', allow_pickle=True).item()
 else:
-    inputs = np.load('../Data/gemb_input.npy', encoding='bytes').item()
+    inputs = np.load('../Data/gemb_input.npy', allow_pickle=True, encoding='bytes').item()
 
 #setup the inputs:
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/test/NightlyRun/test252.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/test/NightlyRun/test252.py	(revision 24237)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/test/NightlyRun/test252.py	(revision 24238)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #load hourly surface forcing date from 1979 to 2009:
 if sys.version_info.major == 2:
-    inputs = np.load('../Data/gemb_input.npy').item()
+    inputs = np.load('../Data/gemb_input.npy', allow_pickle=True).item()
 else:
-    inputs = np.load('../Data/gemb_input.npy', encoding='bytes').item()
+    inputs = np.load('../Data/gemb_input.npy', allow_pickle=True, encoding='bytes').item()
 
 #setup the inputs: