Remove unnessary abs

noaa-ocs-modeling · Dec 4, 2023 · 5b7c4e4 · 5b7c4e4
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diff --git a/ensembleperturbation/perturbation/atcf.py b/ensembleperturbation/perturbation/atcf.py
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ def perturb(
                 alpha = 0
 
             # compute the next point and retrieve back the lat-lon geographic coordinate
-            new_point = current_point - abs(alpha) * normal_offset
+            new_point = current_point - alpha * normal_offset
             new_coordinates.append(
                 transformer.transform(
                     new_point[0].magnitude,