diff --git a/scripts/exregional_run_post.sh b/scripts/exregional_run_post.sh
index c3de8c3f28..54ec7f5dbf 100755
--- a/scripts/exregional_run_post.sh
+++ b/scripts/exregional_run_post.sh
@@ -240,14 +240,8 @@ if [ ${len_fhr} -eq 2 ]; then
 elif [ ${len_fhr} -eq 3 ]; then
   if [ "${fhr:0:1}" = "0" ]; then
     post_fhr="${fhr:1}"
-# What should happen in the "else" case?  Would just setting post_fhr to 
-# fhr work?  Need to test.
   else
-    print_err_msg_exit "\
-The \${fhr} variable contains a 3-digit integer whose first digit is not
-0.  In this case, it is not clear how to set the variable post_fhr used
-in constructing the grib2 file names generated by UPP:
-  fhr = \"$fhr\""
+    post_fhr="${fhr}"
   fi
 else
   print_err_msg_exit "\