From 122db9733dd93baa37b270fe9b5440d00ceb63f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Wogan <nicholaswogan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 08:59:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] better error message

---
 src/adiabat/clima_adiabat_general.f90 | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/adiabat/clima_adiabat_general.f90 b/src/adiabat/clima_adiabat_general.f90
index fde38d1..4da98c5 100644
--- a/src/adiabat/clima_adiabat_general.f90
+++ b/src/adiabat/clima_adiabat_general.f90
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ subroutine make_profile(T_surf, P_i_surf, &
     if (allocated(err)) return
 
     if (any(z < 0.0_dp)) then
-      err = '"make_profile" yielded negative altitudes.'
+      err = '"make_profile" yielded negative altitudes. '// &
+            'This may be caused by the lack of a hydrostatic solution to the entered atmosphere.'
       return
     endif