diff -urN WRF-3.x.orig/arch/configure_new.defaults WRF-3.x/arch/configure_new.defaults
--- WRF-3.x.orig/arch/configure_new.defaults	2017-08-17 01:21:45.000000000 +0000
+++ WRF-3.x/arch/configure_new.defaults	2022-09-19 02:43:42.249538289 +0000
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@
 DESCRIPTION     =       INTEL ($SFC/$SCC)
 DMPARALLEL      =       # 1
 OMPCPP          =       # -D_OPENMP
-OMP             =       # -openmp -fpp -auto
-OMPCC           =       # -openmp -fpp -auto
+OMP             =       # -qopenmp -fpp -auto
+OMPCC           =       # -qopenmp -fpp -auto
 SFC             =       ifort
 SCC             =       icc
 CCOMP           =       icc