diff --git a/scripts/0_master_file.R b/scripts/0_master_file.R
index 76c5455..6fc8ba2 100644
--- a/scripts/0_master_file.R
+++ b/scripts/0_master_file.R
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ weather_file <- '' # filename (ending in .csv) of daily weather data from a near
 
 noaa_site <- '' # nearest NOAA met station site number. Can use both weather_file and noaa_site if 
                 # weather_file does not contain snow depth. 
+noaakey <- ''   # Enter personal NOAA key here. 
 
 other_weather_vars <- NA # if you have other daily weather/site characteristic data in your file (e.g., soil temp) and want to 
                          # include them as predictors in the model, include the names of the column here in quotes (e.g. "soil_temp").