diff --git a/templates/namelist.input b/templates/namelist.input
index 0077460fe64d1fd750b025123baaab0dae90041b..02d0422b6357120a7b78654c1a8f81a299d965db 100644
--- a/templates/namelist.input
+++ b/templates/namelist.input
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
  start_day                           = <d1>,   01,   01,
  start_hour                          = <HH1>,   00,   00,
  start_minute                        = <MM1>,   00,   00,
- start_second                        = 00,   00,   00,
+ start_second                        = <SS1>,   00,   00,
  end_year                            = <y2>, 0001, 0001,
  end_month                           = <m2>,   01,   01,
  end_day                             = <d2>,   01,   01,
  end_hour                            = <HH2>,   00,   00,
  end_minute                          = <MM2>,  120,  120,
- end_second                          = 0,   00,   00,
+ end_second                          = <SS2>,   00,   00,
  interval_seconds                    = 86400
  history_interval_s                  = <hist_interval_s>
  write_hist_at_0h_rst                = .true.,
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
  use_adaptive_time_step              = .true.,
  target_cfl                          = 1.2, 1.2, 1.2,
  max_step_increase_pct               = 5, 51, 51,
- starting_time_step                  = 8,
+ starting_time_step                  = 4,
  max_time_step                       = 16,
- min_time_step                       = 6,
+ min_time_step                       = 4,
  time_step                           = 8,
  time_step_fract_num                 = 0,
  time_step_fract_den                 = 1,
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
  s_sn                                = 1,     1,     1,
  e_sn                                = 201,    43,    43,
  s_vert                              = 1,     1,     1,
- e_vert                              = 51,    41,    41,
+ e_vert                              = 101,    41,    41,
  dx                                  = <dx>,  666.6666667, 222.2222222
  dy                                  = <dx>,  666.6666667, 222.2222222
  ztop                                = 22000, 20000, 20000,
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
  j_parent_start                      = 0,     15,    15,
  parent_grid_ratio                   = 1,     3,     3,
  parent_time_step_ratio              = 1,     3,     3,
- eta_levels = 1.0000, 0.9969, 0.9923, 0.9857, 0.9762, 0.9627, 0.9443, 0.9200, 0.8892, 0.8525, 0.8111, 0.7671, 0.7223, 0.6782, 0.6357, 0.5949, 0.5558, 0.5183, 0.4824, 0.4482, 0.4155, 0.3844, 0.3547, 0.3266, 0.2999, 0.2750, 0.2519, 0.2304, 0.2105, 0.1919, 0.1747, 0.1586, 0.1437, 0.1299, 0.1170, 0.1050, 0.0939, 0.0836, 0.0740, 0.0650, 0.0567, 0.0490, 0.0419, 0.0352, 0.0290, 0.0232, 0.0179, 0.0129, 0.0083, 0.0040, 0.0000
+ !eta_levels = 1.0000, 0.9969, 0.9923, 0.9857, 0.9762, 0.9627, 0.9443, 0.9200, 0.8892, 0.8525, 0.8111, 0.7671, 0.7223, 0.6782, 0.6357, 0.5949, 0.5558, 0.5183, 0.4824, 0.4482, 0.4155, 0.3844, 0.3547, 0.3266, 0.2999, 0.2750, 0.2519, 0.2304, 0.2105, 0.1919, 0.1747, 0.1586, 0.1437, 0.1299, 0.1170, 0.1050, 0.0939, 0.0836, 0.0740, 0.0650, 0.0567, 0.0490, 0.0419, 0.0352, 0.0290, 0.0232, 0.0179, 0.0129, 0.0083, 0.0040, 0.0000
+ eta_levels =  1.0000, 0.99, 0.98, 0.97, 0.96, 0.95, 0.94, 0.93, 0.92, 0.91, 0.9, 0.89, 0.88, 0.87, 0.86, 0.85, 0.84, 0.83, 0.82, 0.81, 0.8, 0.79, 0.78, 0.77, 0.76, 0.75, 0.74, 0.73, 0.72, 0.71, 0.7, 0.69, 0.68, 0.67, 0.66, 0.65, 0.64, 0.63, 0.62, 0.61, 0.6, 0.59, 0.58, 0.57, 0.56, 0.55, 0.54, 0.53, 0.52, 0.51, 0.5, 0.49, 0.48, 0.47, 0.46, 0.45, 0.44, 0.43, 0.42, 0.41, 0.4, 0.39, 0.38, 0.37, 0.36, 0.35, 0.34, 0.33, 0.32, 0.31, 0.3, 0.29, 0.28, 0.27, 0.26, 0.25, 0.24, 0.23, 0.22, 0.21, 0.2, 0.19, 0.18, 0.17, 0.16, 0.15, 0.14, 0.13, 0.12, 0.11, 0.1, 0.08999997, 0.07999998, 0.06999999, 0.06, 0.05000001, 0.04000002, 0.02999997, 0.01999998, 0.00999999, 0.0000
  /
 
  &physics
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
  damp_opt                            = 2,
  zdamp                               = 5000.,  5000.,  5000.,
  dampcoef                            = 0.003,  0.003,  0.003
- w_damping			     = 0,
+ w_damping			     = 1,
  khdif                               = 500,    500,    500,
  kvdif                               = 500,    500,    500,
  smdiv                               = 0.1,    0.1,    0.1,
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@
  tke_adv_opt                         = 1,      1,      1,
  non_hydrostatic                     = .true., .true., .true.,
  mix_full_fields                     = .true., .true., .true.,
- use_theta_m			     = 0,
+ use_theta_m			     = 1,
+ top_lid                             = .true.,
  /
 
  &bdy_control