diff --git a/SYNOP/STATS/produce_rank_histograms_all_stations.sh b/SYNOP/STATS/produce_rank_histograms_all_stations.sh
index 3eaf7e25b7aac5f9df5d9b8e60dba3f1ed47e23c..cc3ffe2e2339638922e78824790dc1e896bb0bfa 100755
--- a/SYNOP/STATS/produce_rank_histograms_all_stations.sh
+++ b/SYNOP/STATS/produce_rank_histograms_all_stations.sh
@@ -126,18 +126,33 @@ sim_file=${sim_dir}/FMI_open_data_2010-2021.odb
 #
 # 2) Pre-computed quantiles
 #
+echo "   Directory with pre-computed quantiles ..."
 quant_dir=quantiles
+echo "   $quant_dir"
 quant_file=${quant_dir}/quant_all_stations_${variable}_4.odb
 #
 # 3) Pre-computed bootstrap MSD statistics
 #
+echo "   Directory with pre-computed bootstrap MSD statistics ..." 
 bootstrap_dir=bootstrap_statistics/${variable}_${period}
+echo "   $bootstrap_dir"
 msd_bootstrap_file=${bootstrap_dir}/MSD_bootstrap_${variable}_${period}_all_stations.odb
 #
 # 4) Directory for results
 #
+###outdir=rank_histograms/${variable}_${year1}${month1}-${year2}${month2}
+###[ ! -d ${outdir} ] && mkdir ${outdir}
+
+echo "   Directory for results ..."
 outdir=rank_histograms/${variable}_${year1}${month1}-${year2}${month2}
-[ ! -d ${outdir} ] && mkdir ${outdir}
+echo "   $outdir"
+if test -d "$outdir"; then
+  echo $outdir exists
+else
+  echo $outdir does not exist
+  echo "   Creating directory: $outdir"
+  mkdir $outdir
+fi
 #
 ##################################################################
 #
@@ -151,6 +166,7 @@ station_list=list_of_stations_${variable}.txt
 #
 # Compile the Fortran program that calculates the rank histograms
 #
+echo "   Compiling fortran-program to calculate rank histograms ..."
  gfortran fortran-programs/rank_histograms_one_station.f95 -o rank_histograms_one_station
 #
 #################################################################
@@ -169,9 +185,11 @@ while [ ${line_number} -le `expr $n_lines` ]
 do
   head -`expr ${line_number}` ${station_list} | tail -1 > input.txt
   read station longitude latitude < input.txt
-echo ${station}
-echo ${longitude}
-echo ${latitude}
+echo " Station, Longitude, Latitude: ${station} ${longitude} ${latitude}"
+
+#echo ${station}
+#echo ${longitude}
+#echo ${latitude}
 #
 ################################################################
 #