diff --git a/config/longrun_configs/longrun_dry_baroclinic_wave_he60.yml b/config/longrun_configs/longrun_dry_baroclinic_wave_he60.yml
index 1c60b5231a..6d15c874cc 100644
--- a/config/longrun_configs/longrun_dry_baroclinic_wave_he60.yml
+++ b/config/longrun_configs/longrun_dry_baroclinic_wave_he60.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ t_end: "30days"
 ode_algo: ARS343
 initial_condition: "DryBaroclinicWave"
 dt_save_state_to_disk: "10days"
-netcdf_interpolation_num_points: [1440, 720, 2]
+netcdf_interpolation_num_points: [360, 180, 2]
 diagnostics:
   - short_name: [pfull, wa, va, rv, ke]
     period: 1days
diff --git a/config/longrun_configs/longrun_moist_baroclinic_wave_he60.yml b/config/longrun_configs/longrun_moist_baroclinic_wave_he60.yml
index d14f31e8c2..6441bf2cde 100644
--- a/config/longrun_configs/longrun_moist_baroclinic_wave_he60.yml
+++ b/config/longrun_configs/longrun_moist_baroclinic_wave_he60.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ initial_condition: "MoistBaroclinicWave"
 moist: "equil"
 precip_model: "0M"
 dt_save_state_to_disk: "10days"
-netcdf_interpolation_num_points: [720, 360, 2]
+netcdf_interpolation_num_points: [360, 180, 2]
 diagnostics:
   - short_name: [pfull, wa, va, rv, hus, ke]
     period: 1days