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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Thursday, September 17, 2020

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DAY 353 OF WATER YEAR 2020, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 09/18/2020 04:00:04 AM
According to the database, there were no geologic events (floods, debris flows, outburst floods, etc) on this day.

THIS DAY'S DEBRIS FLOW HAZARD CLASS:
H
HIGH

MODEL USED FOR HAZARD CLASS DETERMINATION:

DRY

MODEL VARIABLES AND OUTPUT:
Temperature at Paradise MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmax): 68.75°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 49.48°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 59.12°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.888
Maximum Percentile on this day is based on 91 years of historic (1917-2017) records:

DEBRIS FLOW HAZARD MODEL:


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Degree Days above 32°F
(DD32)
TODAY'S DD32: 37
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 581

DD32 is calculated as: DD32 = TMAX - 32
18-day Cumulative DD32 is the sum of DD32 for the last 18 days.
Precipitation at Paradise DAY 1: 0.01 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 0.01 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 0.19 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 0.20 in

PRECIP THRESHOLD A (PA) EXCEEDED: False
P3 > (-0.67 * P15 + 2.5)

PRECIP THRESHOLD B (PB) EXCEEDED: False
P3 > (-0.67 * P15 + 4.5)
Snow at Paradise DEPTH: 0 in
SWE DAY: 260
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 471.27 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 0.00 in

SWE Day, Calculated Snow Density, and Calculated SWE based on work by Sturm and others (2010)
If Tavg > 32°F, snow melt is factored in at: M (in) = a(Tavg - T32), where a is between 0.0766 - 0.1312 in * °F-1 * day-1 (Currently 0.1039) and T32 = 32°F. This method is from Westerstrom (1982) in Kustas and others (1994) and converted to US customary units.
Seasonal Variables DAYS SINCE JULY 11: 67

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 5
D1: 4
D2: 4
D3: 1
D4: 5
D5: 1
HSdry: 65.0

These are primarly for the Dry-weather debris flow hazard model, but calculated every day.
HSdry = (([D0 + D1 + D2] * D3) * D4) / D5
See model (right) to figure out how D0 - D5 are calculated.
Notes

UPDATE HISTORY AND MODEL OUTPUT NOTES:
You can also use this to see how the forecast changes over time. Note that "FORECAST" is the forecasted model whereas "OBSERVED" is the actual observed values for that day.
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D TYPE WY DOFWY DS0SP T_MAX T_MIN T_AVG SP P1 P3 P15 P18 PA PB DD32 DD32_18 SWE_DAY SNOW_P SWE T_MAX_PERC T_MAX_PERC_YRS D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 HS_DRY FCST_TYPE HAZ_CLASS
2020-09-18 04:00:04OBSERVATION20203536768.7500649.4799859.1150200.00999999999999090.00999999999999090.190.19999999999999FF36.75006580.75006260471.27376800312 00.8883274235340691 54415165DRYH
2020-09-17 12:00:03FORECAST20203536770.7555.6863.21500.01050.01050.190.2005FF38.75582.75261471.7540346002500.918564489473829154415165DRYH
2020-09-17 08:00:03FORECAST20203536770.7353.4662.09500.01850.01850.190.2085FF38.73582.73261471.7540346002500.918296142055539154415165DRYH
2020-09-17 04:00:03FORECAST20203536765.7649.5357.64500.03250.03250.190.2225FF33.76577.76261471.7540346002500.829470616421189144415230DRYL
2020-09-17 00:00:03FORECAST20203536771.2350.9161.0700.03460.03460.190.2246FF39.23568.23260471.2737680031200.924807770382429154415165DRYH
2020-09-16 20:00:03FORECAST20203536771.5750.661.08500.04160.06160.190.2516FF39.57587.57260471.2737680031200.929005197036879154415165DRYH
2020-09-16 16:00:02FORECAST20203536771.952.1262.0100.02550.04550.190.2355FF39.9587.9260471.2737680031200.932905325838249154415165DRYH
2020-09-16 12:00:02FORECAST20203536770.253.3561.77500.04890.06890.190.2589FF38.2586.2260471.2737680031200.910940669079079154415165DRYH
2020-09-16 08:00:02FORECAST20203536770.3352.7661.54500.0390.0590.190.249FF38.33583.33260471.2737680031200.912788762360349154415165DRYH
2020-09-16 04:00:03FORECAST20203536770.4352.5161.4700.03840.04840.190.2384FF38.43582.43260471.2737680031200.914190838004299154415165DRYH
2020-09-16 00:00:02FORECAST20203536770.3452.6161.47500.03230.04230.190.2323FF38.34575.34260471.2737680031200.912929732377639154415165DRYH
2020-09-15 20:00:03FORECAST20203536770.1553.1661.65500.03940.07940.190.2694FF38.15590.15260471.2737680031200.910222181451079154415165DRYH
2020-09-15 16:00:02FORECAST20203536769.9552.861.37500.04890.08890.190.2789FF37.95589.95260471.2737680031200.907305265621999154415165DRYH
2020-09-15 12:00:02FORECAST20203536768.2953.4960.8900.16460.20460.190.3946FF36.29588.29260471.2737680031200.8803621565077791544251130DRYVH
2020-09-15 08:00:03FORECAST20203536767.9253.2760.59500.1560.2160.190.406FF35.92582.92260471.2737680031200.873672520201779154425265DRYH
2020-09-15 04:00:05FORECAST20203536766.9452.8659.900.280.350.190.54FF34.94584.94260471.2737680031200.854714202086579154425265DRYH
2020-09-15 00:00:02FORECAST20203536764.9651.958.4300.27340.37340.190.5634FF32.96577.96260471.2737680031200.810853055429839144425260DRYH
2020-09-14 20:00:02FORECAST20203536767.1751.7159.4400.19160.27160.20.4716FF35.17592.17260471.2737680031200.859326394140829154425265DRYH
2020-09-14 16:00:02FORECAST20203536765.5752.2558.9100.15860.21860.20.4186FF33.57591.57260471.2737680031200.825158529605569144425260DRYH
2020-09-14 11:59:27FORECAST20203536766.0250.1458.0800.30230.46230.20.6623FF34.02590.02260471.2737680031200.835260276698669144425260DRYH
2020-09-14 08:00:03FORECAST20203536764.2149.1756.6900.31270.45270.20.6527FF32.21586.21260471.2737680031200.792309705389619144425260DRYH
2020-09-14 03:59:29FORECAST20203536767.5250.4158.96500.31880.47880.210.6888FF35.52585.52260471.2737680031200.86615296314539154425265DRYH
2020-09-14 00:05:08FORECAST20203536768.7151.1259.91500.11320.33320.210.5432FF36.71587.71260471.2737680031200.8876492575620191544251130DRYVH
2020-09-13 20:00:03FORECAST20203536768.7151.1259.91500.11360.37360.210.5836FF36.71604.71260471.2737680031200.8876492575620191545251140DRYVH
2020-09-13 16:00:02FORECAST20203536768.2651.659.9300.10830.40830.210.6183FF36.26602.26260471.2737680031200.879829217567891545251140DRYVH
2020-09-13 12:00:02FORECAST20203536768.553.4360.96500.11170.34170.280.6217FF36.5596.5260471.2737680031200.88404621793891544251130DRYVH
2020-09-13 08:00:04FORECAST20203536768.553.4160.95500.11170.36170.260.6217FF36.5595.5260471.2737680031200.88404621793891544251130DRYVH
2020-09-13 04:00:03FORECAST20203536769.953.8361.86500.11690.35690.250.6069FF37.9596.9260471.2737680031200.9065652402530791544251130DRYVH
2020-09-13 00:00:03FORECAST20203536771.9154.463.15500.07090.29090.30.5909FF39.91595.91260471.2737680031200.9330208804650291544251130DRYVH
2020-09-12 20:00:02FORECAST20203536771.9154.4163.1600.07090.55090.360.9109FF39.91614.91260471.2737680031200.9330208804650291545351210DRYVH
2020-09-12 15:59:34FORECAST20203536771.6653.8262.7400.20350.72350.351.0735FF39.66614.66260471.2737680031200.930085683319891545351210DRYVH
2020-09-12 12:00:04FORECAST20203536764.2651.7858.0200.25280.57280.230.8028FF32.26603.26260471.2737680031200.793578309742869144535297.5DRYVH
2020-09-12 07:50:39FORECAST20203536764.2651.7958.02500.25280.45280.210.6628FF32.26598.26260471.2737680031200.793578309742869144425260DRYH
2020-09-12 04:05:07FORECAST20203536768.9854.6761.82500.25710.66710.220.8871FF36.98610.98260471.2737680031200.892163584523691545351210DRYVH
2020-09-12 00:00:03FORECAST20203536774.255.5764.88500.04120.23120.210.4412FF42.2609.2260471.2737680031200.9556742453532991545251140DRYVH
2020-09-11 20:00:02FORECAST20203536773.4254.7364.07500.11360.46360.20.6636FF41.42623.42260471.2737680031200.9487744744957791545251140DRYVH
2020-09-11 16:00:02FORECAST20203536772.0454.6863.3600.10450.29450.20.4945FF40.04623.04260471.2737680031200.9345091656000491545251140DRYVH
2020-09-11 12:00:03FORECAST20203536762.3148.8555.5800.42710.76710.31.0671FF30.31612.31260471.2737680031200.740800260124339144535297.5DRYVH
2020-09-11 07:50:44FORECAST20203536757.6245.9651.7900.31090.95090.321.2709FF25.62601.62260471.2737680031200.59080054569179134535290DRYVH
2020-09-11 03:59:39FORECAST20203536757.6145.9551.7800.31090.95090.311.2609FF25.61601.61260471.2737680031200.590455698820019134535290DRYVH
2020-09-11 00:00:03FORECAST20203536757.6145.9551.7800.31090.95090.311.2609FF25.61604.61260471.2737680031200.590455698820019134535290DRYVH
2020-09-10 20:00:03FORECAST20203536764.149.3756.73500.00170.73170.321.0517FF32.1632.1260471.2737680031200.789502647846989144535297.5DRYVH
2020-09-10 16:05:03FORECAST20203536764.149.3856.7400.0010.7310.321.051FF32.1632.1260471.2737680031200.789502647846989144535297.5DRYVH
2020-09-10 12:00:02FORECAST20203536758.0449.3953.71500.00080.73080.321.0508FF26.04626.04260471.2737680031200.605217535336979134535290DRYVH
2020-09-10 08:00:03FORECAST20203536751.8450.4851.1600.00070.77070.541.3107FF19.84610.84260471.2737680031200.388468891016739124535282.5DRYVH
2020-09-10 03:59:41FORECAST20203536751.0850.6750.87500.00070.77070.531.3007FF19.08607.08260471.2737680031200.362886161017749124535282.5DRYVH