diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ce9489653..500edaf7b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MPAS-v8.3.1-2.35
+MPAS-v8.3.1-2.36
 ====
 
 The Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) is a collaborative project for
diff --git a/src/core_atmosphere/Registry.xml b/src/core_atmosphere/Registry.xml
index 21924dce84..7480c9dc44 100644
--- a/src/core_atmosphere/Registry.xml
+++ b/src/core_atmosphere/Registry.xml
@@ -1002,6 +1002,7 @@
 			<var name="ke"/>
 			<var name="uReconstructZonal"/>
 			<var name="uReconstructMeridional"/>
+			<var name="stoch_pattern_sppt"/>
 
                         <!-- Begin Ertel PV diagnostics defined in diagnostics/Registry_pv.xml -->
 			<var name="ertel_pv"/>
@@ -4277,7 +4278,10 @@
                 <var name="tend_umerid" type="real" dimensions="nVertLevels nCells Time" units="m s^{-1} s^{-1}"
                      description="Total cell-centered meridional wind tendency from physics"
                      persistence="scratch" />
- 
+
+                <var name="stoch_pattern_sppt" type="real" dimensions="nVertLevels nCells Time" units="%"
+                     description="Perturbation pattern for stochastic physics SPPT scheme" />
+
 #ifdef DO_PHYSICS
                 <!-- ================================================================================================== -->
                 <!-- TENDENCIES FROM PARAMETERIZATION OF CLOUD MICROPHYSICS:                                            -->