diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index 245e9cf433..39c70da0c3 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -246,6 +246,20 @@ steps:
           --job_id sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist
           --out_dir sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist
         artifact_paths: "sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist/*"
+      
+      - label: ":computer: no lim ARS baroclinic wave (ρe) equilmoist explicit vertdiff"
+        command: >
+          julia --color=yes --project=examples examples/hybrid/driver.jl
+          --config_file $CONFIG_PATH/sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff.yml
+
+          julia --color=yes --project=examples post_processing/remap/remap_pipeline.jl
+          --data_dir sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff
+          --out_dir sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff
+
+          julia --color=yes --project=examples post_processing/plot/plot_pipeline.jl
+          --nc_dir sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff
+          --fig_dir sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff --case_name aquaplanet
+        artifact_paths: "sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff/*"
 
       - label: ":computer: SSP zalesak tracer & energy upwind baroclinic wave (ρe_tot) equilmoist"
         command: >
diff --git a/config/model_configs/sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff.yml b/config/model_configs/sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45ca42e3b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/model_configs/sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+precip_model: "0M"
+vert_diff: "true"
+z_elem: 20
+dz_bottom: 100
+dt_save_to_disk: "12hours"
+initial_condition: "MoistBaroclinicWave"
+dt: "40secs"
+t_end: "12hours"
+job_id: "sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff"
+moist: "equil"
+toml: [toml/sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff.toml]
diff --git a/toml/sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff.toml b/toml/sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91de57be7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toml/sphere_baroclinic_wave_rhoe_equilmoist_expvdiff.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[C_H]
+alias = "C_H"
+value = 0.0
+type = "float"
+
+[C_E]
+alias = "C_E"
+value = 1
+type = "float"
+