added in tools.py
sm_day = sm_year.sel(valid_time=eval_date).interp_like(clim_avg)
instead of
sm_day = sm_year.loc[{'valid_time': eval_date}].assign_coords(lat=clim_avg['lat'], lon=clim_avg['lon'])
because of the error:
ValueError: conflicting sizes for dimension 'lat': length 35 on 'lat' and length 34 on {'lat': 'swvl1', 'lon': 'swvl1'}
2026-03-17 05:09:46 : Job sma-operational failed with exit code 1, exiting...