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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Thursday, December 10, 2020

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DAY 71 OF WATER YEAR 2021, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 12/11/2020 07:00:07 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:
L
LOW

MODEL USED FOR HAZARD CLASS DETERMINATION:

DRY

MODEL VARIABLES AND OUTPUT:
Temperature at Paradise MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmax): 28.94°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 21.18°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 25.06°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.311
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: -3
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 112

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: 0.10 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 0.74 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 2.86 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 3.60 in

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

PRECIP THRESHOLD B (PB) EXCEEDED: False
P3 > (-0.67 * P15 + 4.5)
Snow at Paradise DEPTH: 51 in
SWE DAY: 22
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 323.02 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 16.44 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: 151

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 2
D1: 2
D2: 1
D3: 3
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 7.5

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
2020-12-11 07:00:07OBSERVATION20217115128.9421.1800225.0600150.9037695833330.100000000000020.740000000000022.863.6TF-3.06111.9422323.01739454428 16.4428030232910.3113819369714291 2213127.5DRYL
2020-12-11 03:00:07OBSERVATION20217115128.9421.1800225.0600150.9037695833330.100000000000020.740000000000022.863.6TF-3.06111.9422323.01739454428 16.4428030232910.3113819369714291 2213127.5DRYL
2020-12-10 11:00:03FORECAST20217115136.3624.1730.26551.6016279830170.14940.78942.863.6494TF4.36119.3622323.5042089661216.693343842010.60004230705804913213129DRYL
2020-12-10 07:00:07FORECAST20217115135.3423.6129.47551.4715439499820.14020.78022.863.6402TF3.34118.3422323.4135299278516.64659371970.56000846518263913213129DRYL
2020-12-10 03:00:08FORECAST20217115130.5922.0526.3251.3357017805220.110.752.863.61TF-1.41113.5922323.3188050194316.5977977545120.37214447736829912213127.5DRYL
2020-12-09 22:58:22FORECAST20217115134.7625.430.0853.366550872720.09120.72122.863.5812TF2.76115.7622324.7315459213217.3298025653870.53693931051079913213129DRYL
2020-12-09 18:58:33FORECAST20217115134.625.4130.00553.2063996919870.06120.69122.863.5512TF2.6115.622324.6204027610517.2718828974780.53055010972121913213129DRYL
2020-12-09 15:00:03FORECAST20217115134.6226.230.4153.2549268176160.0730.7032.863.563TF2.62115.6222324.654084827517.2894295285290.53134922422913213129DRYL
2020-12-09 11:00:04FORECAST20217115134.9926.230.59553.2781977412460.01170.64172.863.5017TF2.99115.9922324.6702354096417.2978450028520.54610670018533913213129DRYL
2020-12-09 07:00:07FORECAST20217115134.5725.0129.7952.8011806729230.00850.63852.863.4985TF2.57118.5722324.3389832100517.1254812517460.5293512082102913213129DRYL
2020-12-09 03:00:07FORECAST20217115134.5424.9129.72552.9376063860680.00750.67752.863.5375TF2.54116.5422324.4337615100317.174746765170.52815204060807913213129DRYL
2020-12-08 22:58:35FORECAST20217115133.8525.4529.6556.3078547511560.01491.00492.863.8649TF1.85124.8522326.7647589278118.3994225835040.500522735395479132141212DRYL
2020-12-08 19:00:05FORECAST20217115134.7325.2930.0156.3774733366290.01331.03332.863.8933TF2.73125.7322326.8126998609218.4248742724810.535742010811539132141212DRYL
2020-12-08 15:00:06FORECAST20217115134.8825.0929.98556.383359934920.00871.04872.863.9087TF2.88125.8822326.81675311718.4270266237580.541725056373139132141212DRYL
2020-12-08 11:00:53FORECAST20217115134.3525.3629.85555.5035065032970.01251.06252.863.9225TF2.35125.3522326.2102513023318.1058128046010.520551832669689132141212DRYL
2020-12-08 07:00:07FORECAST20217115135.0525.3930.2255.7129098961670.01261.23262.864.0926TF3.05125.0522326.3547204766318.1821711361030.548494359205879132141212WETL
2020-12-08 03:00:07FORECAST20217115135.1825.6230.455.7451233892170.0131.3332.864.193TF3.18121.1822326.3769380194918.1939226812910.553661492993479132141212WETL
2020-12-07 23:00:05FORECAST20217115135.3524.4929.9256.0142782733340.01141.29142.874.1614TF3.35117.3522326.5625022474918.2921628745270.560404656779819132141212WETL
2020-12-07 19:00:06FORECAST20217115135.1623.8529.50556.6338832873920.09941.41942.874.2894TF3.16118.1622326.9891964626718.5186679887050.552867119700989132141212WETL
2020-12-07 15:00:05FORECAST20217115135.0224.3329.67557.0338811450790.14791.43792.874.3079TF3.02116.0222327.264300589118.6651532228260.547300743475869132141212WETL
2020-12-07 11:00:05FORECAST20217115131.1925.2928.2456.8365812066830.15731.43732.874.3073TF-0.81110.1922327.1286397259518.5928734968160.395156360364459122141210WETL
2020-12-07 07:00:07FORECAST20217115128.3425.727.0256.4960288485530.17761.10762.873.9776TF-3.66111.3422326.8943203609318.4682309535390.290400514979159122141210DRYL
2020-12-07 03:00:07FORECAST20217115132.8422.6927.76557.0003087279980.23991.11992.873.9899TF0.84110.8422327.2412214328618.65285065020.460112270496129122141210DRYL
2020-12-06 23:00:05FORECAST20217115127.9422.4625.257.4333596012110.26341.27342.734.0034TF-4.06112.9422327.5387686712618.8116518844340.276790870520129122141210WETL
2020-12-06 19:00:06FORECAST20217115129.8523.1126.4856.8721879808710.1961.1562.723.876TF-2.15114.8522327.1531275070718.6059141661120.344387478964429122141210DRYL
2020-12-06 15:00:06FORECAST20217115129.8623.1426.558.067195293080.18381.32382.714.0338TF-2.14114.8622327.973684561719.0445119924360.344757437117849122141210WETL
2020-12-06 11:00:05FORECAST20217115127.7423.425.5761.5000885537340.58871.91872.714.6287TF-4.26108.7422330.3170887027420.314530206030.270105089803819122151212.5WETL
2020-12-06 07:00:07FORECAST20217115127.7623.4125.58562.3670650019440.58872.07872.764.8387TF-4.24111.7622330.9056901077420.6376166844630.270770020106139122151212.5WETL
2020-12-06 03:00:07FORECAST20217115129.3123.1526.2361.7533665413150.58031.88032.874.7503TF-2.69112.3122330.4891764102120.4088192487970.324638669251419122151212.5WETL
2020-12-05 23:00:05FORECAST20217115131.4922.9727.2363.2482259433360.54151.99152.944.9315TF-0.51107.4922331.5025948696620.9669510211180.406806563263019122151212.5WETL
2020-12-05 19:00:06FORECAST20217115131.5122.9927.2563.2467894788670.54152.15152.995.1415TF-0.49109.5122331.5016228850520.9664133545140.407586307235749122151212.5WETL
2020-12-05 15:00:06FORECAST20217115131.8823.827.8464.5676939991360.70232.71232.945.6523TT-0.12109.8822332.3939177041121.4619087654930.422074477135619122151212.5WETL
2020-12-05 11:00:06FORECAST20217115134.3427.530.9262.8169081940240.90382.36382.995.3538TF2.34109.3422331.2105840428820.8056248507110.520151590362539132151215WETL
2020-12-05 06:59:50FORECAST20217115134.3727.5230.94562.9242095535860.90382.29383.075.3638TF2.37108.3722331.2832591265620.8457372188740.521352254717079132151215WETL
2020-12-05 03:00:07FORECAST20217115134.6324.729.66559.6861286632780.39031.43033.054.4803TF2.63114.6322329.0813670630519.6415928152130.531748734314429132141212WETL
2020-12-04 23:00:06FORECAST20217115130.7225.4228.0762.3764074444370.50531.78533.064.8453TF-1.28111.7222330.9120257551920.641103346770.377094945926249122151212.5WETL
2020-12-04 18:58:42FORECAST2021711513125.4928.24559.9220584679780.50531.71533.184.8953TF-111022329.2424115163719.7288830330220.387825360909539122151212.5WETL
2020-12-04 15:00:47FORECAST20217115131.5424.5828.0661.5913142665810.86662.02662.954.9766TF-0.46118.5422330.3790840421420.3484819923440.408756608925619122151212.5WETL
2020-12-04 11:00:05FORECAST20217115132.9824.6428.8157.5179836682170.37591.21593.14.3159TF0.98109.9822327.5968752562418.8427117207470.465698647230429122141210WETL
2020-12-04 07:00:07FORECAST20217115133.0124.6528.8357.6142987036660.37591.21593.034.2459TF1.01109.0122327.6629941760418.8780736205960.466896645801089122141210WETL
2020-12-04 03:00:08FORECAST20217115134.7426.8530.79556.9916832230460.2461.2662.864.126TF2.74107.7422327.2352915635718.6496900761920.536141147215279132141212WETL
2020-12-03 23:00:06FORECAST20217115134.0325.0129.5258.0748392616060.14890.80892.743.5489TF2.03121.0322327.9789253138119.0473233687940.50773600118566913213129DRYL
2020-12-03 19:00:06FORECAST20217115134.0625.5129.78558.0715318791350.13740.79742.83.5974TF2.06121.0622327.9766577644219.0461069369780.50893802994342913213129DRYL
2020-12-03 15:00:07FORECAST20217115134.8425.163058.209788537430.01710.88712.943.8271TF2.84117.8422328.0714306188619.0969686014960.54013044499779913213129DRYL
2020-12-03 10:58:47FORECAST20217115126.6423.3424.9959.5487502977320.01821.00822.93.9082TF-5.36104.6422328.9875488398519.5907973969270.23483482316102911214128DRYL
2020-12-03 07:00:07FORECAST20217115126.4123.3424.87558.7217063555070.01791.00792.863.8679TF-5.59109.4122328.4220529507219.2855033540450.2277952399843911214128DRYL
2020-12-03 03:00:08FORECAST20217115126.1724.3325.2558.0003752466260.02821.02823.094.1182TF-5.83109.1722327.9278679918519.0199393973530.22057769671274911214128WETL