diff --git a/config/evaluate/config_zarr2cf.yaml b/config/evaluate/config_zarr2cf.yaml
index 75677858b..0c9abe8b7 100644
--- a/config/evaluate/config_zarr2cf.yaml
+++ b/config/evaluate/config_zarr2cf.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ variables:
     wg_unit: Pa
     std_unit: Pa
     level_type: sfc
+  tp:
+    var: tp
+    long: total_precipitation
+    std: precipitation_amount
+    wg_unit: kg/m^2
+    std_unit: kg/m^2
+    level_type: sfc
   tp_imerg_0:
     var: tp_imerg_0
     long: imerg_total_precipitation
diff --git a/config/evaluate/config_zarr2verif.yaml b/config/evaluate/config_zarr2verif.yaml
index 8cc573f40..8ca59f073 100644
--- a/config/evaluate/config_zarr2verif.yaml
+++ b/config/evaluate/config_zarr2verif.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ variables:
     var: tp
     long: Total precipitation amount
     wg_unit:  {CERRA:   kg/m^2,
-               MEPS:    kg/m^2,
+               MEPS:    m,
                NORA3:   kg/m^2,
                ERA5:    m,
                DEFAULT: kg/m^2}
diff --git a/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/export_core.py b/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/export_core.py
index eeea8576b..6281df0ff 100644
--- a/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/export_core.py
+++ b/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/export_core.py
@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ def export_model_outputs(data_type: str, config: OmegaConf, **kwargs) -> None:
         ) as pool:
             samples_written = 0
 
+            processed_samples = []
+
             for batch_idx in range(n_batches):
                 batch_start = batch_idx * batch_size
                 batch_end = min(batch_start + batch_size, len(samples))
@@ -377,8 +379,6 @@ def export_model_outputs(data_type: str, config: OmegaConf, **kwargs) -> None:
                     desc=f"  Batch {batch_idx + 1}/{n_batches}",
                 )
 
-                processed_samples = []
-
                 for sample, _fstep, data in pool.imap_unordered(
                     get_data_worker, batch_tasks, chunksize=1
                 ):
@@ -403,9 +403,6 @@ def export_model_outputs(data_type: str, config: OmegaConf, **kwargs) -> None:
                         del sample_results[sample]
                         batch_written += 1
 
-                # Only save here if need to merge samples, otherwise saved in process_sample
-                if processed_samples[0] is not None:
-                    parser.save(processed_samples)
                 pbar.close()
 
                 samples_written += batch_written
@@ -419,4 +416,8 @@ def export_model_outputs(data_type: str, config: OmegaConf, **kwargs) -> None:
                 # Free any remaining refs before next batch.
                 del sample_results
 
+            # Only save here if need to merge samples, otherwise saved in process_sample
+            if processed_samples[0] is not None:
+                parser.save(processed_samples)
+
         _logger.info(f"Export complete. Wrote {samples_written}/{len(samples)} samples.")
diff --git a/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/parsers/verif_parser.py b/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/parsers/verif_parser.py
index 3b33786a4..5df8e9918 100644
--- a/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/parsers/verif_parser.py
+++ b/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/parsers/verif_parser.py
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ def get_zarr_dt(
                 Time difference between source interval start and end in hours.
         """
         zarr_dt = (source_interval_end - source_interval_start).astype("timedelta64[h]")
-
+        # TODO: pull default value from config
+        if zarr_dt == np.timedelta64(0, "h"):
+            zarr_dt = np.timedelta64(6, "h")
         return zarr_dt
 
     def get_output_filename(self, variable: str) -> Path:
diff --git a/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/utils/derived_channels.py b/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/utils/derived_channels.py
index 5f893c590..136ae4af6 100644
--- a/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/utils/derived_channels.py
+++ b/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/utils/derived_channels.py
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def compute_mslp(obs: xr.DataArray, time: np.datetime64) -> np.typing.NDArray:
 
 
 def compute_precip(
-    obs_data: xr.Dataset, zarr_dt: np.timedelta64, frt: np.datetime64
+    obs_data: xr.Dataset, zarr_dt: np.timedelta64, valid_time: np.datetime64
 ) -> np.typing.NDArray:
     """
     Compute accumulated precipitation over the forecast time step.
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def compute_precip(
         Input data containing precipitation observations.
     zarr_dt : np.timedelta64
         Time difference between forecast steps in hours.
-    frt : np.datetime64
+    valid_time : np.datetime64
         Forecast reference time for which to compute accumulated precipitation.
     Returns
     -------
@@ -274,13 +274,19 @@ def compute_precip(
     obs_dt = obs_dt.astype("timedelta64[h]")
 
     if obs_dt >= zarr_dt:
-        return obs_data["precipitation_amount_1h"].values
+        if obs_dt % zarr_dt == np.timedelta64(0):
+            return obs_data["precipitation_amount_1h"].sel(time=valid_time).values.squeeze()
+        else:
+            # return empty data
+            empty = np.empty(obs_data.location.shape[0])
+            empty[:] = np.nan
+            return empty
     else:
         accumulate = np.zeros(obs_data.location.shape[0])
         int_factor = int(zarr_dt / obs_dt)
 
         for i in range(int_factor):
-            back_time = frt - zarr_dt + (i + 1) * obs_dt
+            back_time = valid_time - zarr_dt + (i + 1) * obs_dt
             accumulate += (
                 obs_data.data_vars["precipitation_amount_1h"].sel(time=back_time).squeeze()
             )