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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Monday, September 21, 2020

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DAY 357 OF WATER YEAR 2020, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 09/22/2020 04:00:05 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:
VH
VERY HIGH

MODEL USED FOR HAZARD CLASS DETERMINATION:

DRY

MODEL VARIABLES AND OUTPUT:
Temperature at Paradise MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmax): 54.69°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 42.44°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 48.57°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.531
Maximum Percentile on this day is based on 92 years of historic (1917-2017) records:

DEBRIS FLOW HAZARD MODEL:


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Degree Days above 32°F
(DD32)
TODAY'S DD32: 23
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 537

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: 0.00 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 0.55 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 0.04 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 0.59 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: 264
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 473.18 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: 71

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 3
D1: 4
D2: 4
D3: 3
D4: 5
D5: 2
HSdry: 82.5

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
2020-09-22 04:00:05OBSERVATION20203577154.6900842.4448.56504000.550.040.59FF22.69008536.69008264473.18393270088 00.5313695099548192 34435282.5DRYVH
2020-09-22 00:00:03FORECAST20203577147.5747.5747.5700.00150.55150.040.5915FF15.57529.57265473.6569544460900.299407215349929224435275DRYVH
2020-09-21 12:00:02FORECAST20203577159.5346.352.91500.03050.58050.040.6205FF27.53541.53265473.6569544460900.687877407510769234435282.5DRYVH
2020-09-21 08:00:03FORECAST20203577159.5542.4350.9900.02780.57780.040.6178FF27.55541.55265473.6569544460900.688478323470759234435282.5DRYVH
2020-09-21 04:05:21FORECAST20203577153.2643.6448.4500.02980.57980.040.6198FF21.26535.26265473.6569544460900.482944617219259224435275DRYVH
2020-09-21 00:00:06FORECAST20203577158.1745.9552.0600.00910.40910.040.4491FF26.17534.17264473.1839327008800.645914781569669234425255DRYH
2020-09-20 20:00:02FORECAST20203577158.5945.5452.06500.01490.43490.040.4749FF26.59545.59264473.1839327008800.659094039380359234425255DRYH
2020-09-20 16:00:02FORECAST20203577158.9646.1252.5400.0140.4340.040.474FF26.96545.96264473.1839327008800.670546341754759234425255DRYH
2020-09-20 12:00:03FORECAST20203577159.3346.9953.1600.0230.4430.040.483FF27.33546.33264473.1839327008800.681840972924979234425255DRYH
2020-09-20 08:00:02FORECAST20203577158.946.3752.63500.02990.45990.040.4999FF26.9544.9264473.1839327008800.668699684618189234425255DRYH
2020-09-20 04:00:04FORECAST20203577159.6645.9252.7900.02910.46910.040.5091FF27.66543.66264473.1839327008800.691774367276079234425255DRYH
2020-09-20 00:00:02FORECAST20203577160.1546.1953.1700.03790.11790.040.1579FF28.15546.15264473.1839327008800.7062669839849244425260DRYH
2020-09-19 20:00:03FORECAST20203577160.146.9753.53500.03040.20040.040.2404FF28.1552.1264473.1839327008800.704802659834749244425260DRYH
2020-09-19 16:00:03FORECAST20203577160.0546.7453.39500.03260.20260.040.2426FF28.05552.05264473.1839327008800.70333498734059244425260DRYH
2020-09-19 12:00:03FORECAST20203577159.0646.6952.87500.00550.16550.040.2055FF27.06550.06264473.1839327008800.673614868815389234425255DRYH
2020-09-19 08:00:04FORECAST20203577158.2645.8552.05500.00630.27630.040.3163FF26.26544.26264473.1839327008800.648754307796939234425255DRYH
2020-09-19 04:00:05FORECAST20203577158.5345.2651.89500.00590.35590.040.3959FF26.53546.53264473.1839327008800.657222673724229234425255DRYH
2020-09-19 00:05:17FORECAST20203577158.6444.5951.61500.00770.31770.020.3377FF26.64544.64264473.1839327008800.66065053022699234425255DRYH
2020-09-18 20:00:02FORECAST20203577158.7745.5552.1600.00620.30620.690.9962FF26.77549.77264473.1839327008800.664684551741149234425255DRYH
2020-09-18 16:00:02FORECAST20203577157.6845.5151.59500.00270.28270.690.9727FF25.68548.68264473.1839327008800.630316211769279234425255DRYH
2020-09-18 12:00:02FORECAST20203577154.344.2749.28500.00190.49190.691.1819FF22.3548.3264473.1839327008800.518176598866549234435282.5DRYVH
2020-09-18 08:00:04FORECAST20203577153.7744.2749.0200.00190.27190.560.8319FF21.77548.77264473.1839327008800.500222275825089234425255DRYH
2020-09-18 04:00:04FORECAST20203577157.543.8450.6700.01180.27180.620.8918FF25.5549.5264473.1839327008800.624530244193019234425255DRYH
2020-09-17 23:59:18FORECAST20203577157.7343.7550.7400.0110.3910.40.791FF25.73554.73264473.1839327008800.6319182682349234425255DRYH
2020-09-17 20:00:04FORECAST20203577157.7343.850.76500.01080.34080.440.7808FF25.73555.73264473.1839327008800.6319182682349234425255DRYH
2020-09-17 15:59:16FORECAST20203577160.545.6753.08500.00020.32020.751.0702FF28.5559.5264473.1839327008800.716421953308169244425260DRYH
2020-09-17 12:00:03FORECAST20203577158.5947.252.89500.01330.32330.510.8333FF26.59550.59264473.1839327008800.659094039380359234425255DRYH
2020-09-17 08:00:03FORECAST20203577158.5947.252.89500.01330.44330.320.7633FF26.59549.59264473.1839327008800.659094039380359234425255DRYH
2020-09-17 04:00:03FORECAST20203577157.5545.1351.3400.01340.42340.591.0134FF25.55550.55264473.1839327008800.626140331781049234425255DRYH
2020-09-17 00:00:04FORECAST20203577159.0343.0651.04500.00710.24710.410.6571FF27.03541.03264473.1839327008800.672695530850829234425255DRYH
2020-09-16 20:00:03FORECAST20203577159.0543.0651.05500.00710.29710.470.7671FF27.05566.05264473.1839327008800.673308539562529234425255DRYH
2020-09-16 16:00:03FORECAST20203577159.8342.2951.0600.00250.43250.71.1325FF27.83566.83264473.1839327008800.696837930437569234425255DRYH
2020-09-16 12:00:02FORECAST20203577158.9743.651.28500.00670.26670.690.9567FF26.97561.97264473.1839327008800.670853715788929234425255DRYH
2020-09-16 08:00:02FORECAST20203577158.9843.5951.28500.00670.26670.630.8967FF26.98558.98264473.1839327008800.671160974445739234425255DRYH
2020-09-16 04:00:03FORECAST20203577158.2342.450.31500.00670.24670.720.9667FF26.23560.23264473.1839327008800.647808711544269234425255DRYH
2020-09-16 00:00:02FORECAST20203577155.694148.34500.07330.37330.731.1033FF23.69546.69264473.1839327008800.564996911151719234425255DRYH
2020-09-15 20:00:03FORECAST20203577155.724148.3600.07330.36330.751.1133FF23.72561.72264473.1839327008800.565999817472429234425255DRYH
2020-09-15 16:00:02FORECAST20203577156.8842.0449.4600.07280.38280.851.2328FF24.88564.88264473.1839327008800.604393127203779234425255DRYH
2020-09-15 12:00:02FORECAST20203577155.242.1148.65500.0980.2080.610.818FF23.2564.2264473.1839327008800.548561504520229234425255DRYH
2020-09-15 08:00:03FORECAST20203577155.2242.1248.6700.0980.2080.730.938FF23.22559.22264473.1839327008800.549234166279899234425255DRYH
2020-09-15 04:00:05FORECAST20203577157.0143.0750.0400.09760.18760.790.9776FF25.01565.01264473.1839327008800.608640582080449234425255DRYH
2020-09-15 00:00:02FORECAST20203577159.4344.9152.1700.00920.11920.770.8892FF27.43562.43264473.1839327008800.684865355835129234425255DRYH
2020-09-14 20:00:02FORECAST20203577159.0943.451.24500.00740.14740.650.7974FF27.09568.09264473.1839327008800.674533154050389234425255DRYH
2020-09-14 16:00:02FORECAST20203577158.6343.1350.8800.00740.10740.570.6774FF26.63577.63264473.1839327008800.660339450067289234425255DRYH
2020-09-14 11:59:27FORECAST20203577150.7742.246.48500.00670.18670.710.8967FF18.77560.77264473.1839327008800.399640953080669224425250DRYMH
2020-09-14 08:00:03FORECAST20203577145.8141.6343.72000.180.70.88FF13.81549.81264473.1839327008800.249639009978949224425250DRYMH
2020-09-14 03:59:29FORECAST20203577146.144.6545.375000.20.770.97FF14.1556.1264473.1839327008800.257527072057859224425250DRYMH