diff --git a/pycontrails/core/met.py b/pycontrails/core/met.py
index af0ef7542..fc9d283e4 100644
--- a/pycontrails/core/met.py
+++ b/pycontrails/core/met.py
@@ -2235,46 +2235,32 @@ def _is_zarr(ds: xr.Dataset | xr.DataArray) -> bool:
     return dask0.array.array.array.__class__.__name__ == "ZarrArrayWrapper"
 
 
-def shift_longitude(data: XArrayType) -> XArrayType:
-    """Shift longitude values from [0, 360) to [-180, 180) domain.
+def shift_longitude(data: XArrayType, bound: float = -180.0) -> XArrayType:
+    """Shift longitude values from any input domain to [bound, 360 + bound) domain.
 
     Sorts data by ascending longitude values.
 
+
     Parameters
     ----------
     data : XArrayType
         :class:`xr.Dataset` or :class:`xr.DataArray` with longitude dimension
+    bound : float, optional
+        Lower bound of the domain.
+        Output domain will be [bound, 360 + bound).
+        Defaults to -180, which results in longitude domain [-180, 180).
+
 
     Returns
     -------
     XArrayType
-        :class:`xr.Dataset` or :class:`xr.DataArray` with longitude values on [-180, 180).
+        :class:`xr.Dataset` or :class:`xr.DataArray` with longitude values on [a, 360 + a).
     """
     return data.assign_coords(
-        longitude=((data["longitude"].values + 180.0) % 360.0) - 180.0
+        longitude=((data["longitude"].values - bound) % 360.0) + bound
     ).sortby("longitude", ascending=True)
 
 
-def shift_longitude_reverse(data: XArrayType) -> XArrayType:
-    """Shift longitude values from [-180, 180) to [0, 360) domain.
-
-    Sorts data by ascending longitude values.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    data : XArrayType
-        :class:`xr.Dataset` or :class:`xr.DataArray` with longitude dimension
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    XArrayType
-        :class:`xr.Dataset` or :class:`xr.DataArray` with longitude values on [0, 360).
-    """
-    return data.assign_coords(longitude=(data["longitude"].values + 360.0) % 360.0).sortby(
-        "longitude", ascending=True
-    )
-
-
 def _wrap_longitude(data: XArrayType) -> XArrayType:
     """Wrap longitude grid coordinates.
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_met.py b/tests/unit/test_met.py
index a8f8f032b..4981b076a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_met.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_met.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 from pycontrails import DiskCacheStore, MetDataArray, MetDataset, MetVariable
 from pycontrails.core import cache as cache_module
-from pycontrails.core.met import originates_from_ecmwf, shift_longitude, shift_longitude_reverse
+from pycontrails.core.met import originates_from_ecmwf, shift_longitude
 from pycontrails.datalib.ecmwf import ERA5
 from tests import OPEN3D_AVAILABLE
 
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ def test_shift_longitude(zero_like_da: xr.DataArray) -> None:
     da = zero_like_da.copy()
 
     # assign random values to all coords
-    da.loc[:] = np.random.rand(*da.shape)  # noqa: NPY002
+    rng = np.random.default_rng()
+    da.loc[:] = rng.random(size=da.shape)
 
     # shift coordinates to [0, 360) manually
     lons = da["longitude"].values
@@ -242,13 +243,14 @@ def test_shift_longitude(zero_like_da: xr.DataArray) -> None:
     )
 
 
-def test_shift_longitude_reverse(zero_like_da: xr.DataArray) -> None:
+def test_shift_longitude_bound(zero_like_da: xr.DataArray) -> None:
     da = zero_like_da.copy()
 
     # assign random values to all coords
-    da.loc[:] = np.random.rand(*da.shape)  # noqa: NPY002
+    rng = np.random.default_rng()
+    da.loc[:] = rng.random(size=da.shape)
 
-    da2 = shift_longitude_reverse(da)
+    da2 = shift_longitude(da, bound=0)
 
     # longitude sorted
     assert np.all(np.diff(da2["longitude"].values) > 0)
@@ -265,6 +267,22 @@ def test_shift_longitude_reverse(zero_like_da: xr.DataArray) -> None:
         da.sel({"longitude": -170})[0, 0, 0].values == da2.sel({"longitude": 190})[0, 0, 0].values
     )
 
+    da2 = shift_longitude(da, bound=-10)
+
+    # longitude sorted
+    assert np.all(np.diff(da2["longitude"].values) > 0)
+
+    # longitude correctly translated
+    assert np.all(da2["longitude"].values < 350.0)
+    assert np.all(da2["longitude"].values >= -10.0)
+
+    # test a few values
+    assert da.sel({"longitude": -10})[0, 0, 0].values == da2.sel({"longitude": -10})[0, 0, 0].values
+    assert da.sel({"longitude": -20})[0, 0, 0].values == da2.sel({"longitude": 340})[0, 0, 0].values
+    assert (
+        da.sel({"longitude": -179})[0, 0, 0].values == da2.sel({"longitude": 181})[0, 0, 0].values
+    )
+
 
 @pytest.fixture()
 def zero_like_da() -> xr.DataArray: