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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Saturday, December 12, 2020

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DAY 73 OF WATER YEAR 2021, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 12/13/2020 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): 28.13°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 18.19°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 23.16°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.299
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: -4
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 104

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): 0.34 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 2.63 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 2.97 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: 53 in
SWE DAY: 20
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 322.38 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 17.08 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: 153

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: 2
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 5.0

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
2020-12-13 07:00:07OBSERVATION20217315328.1318.1900423.1600252.9772562500.342.632.97FF-3.87104.1320322.37525002214 17.0785562290810.29916376511992 2212125DRYL
2020-12-13 02:59:45OBSERVATION20217315328.1318.1900423.1600252.9772562500.342.632.97FF-3.87104.1320322.37525002214 17.0785562290810.29916376511992 2212125DRYL
2020-12-12 11:00:02FORECAST20217315333.3824.9229.1553.0199319071940.00840.34842.632.9784FF1.38109.3820322.4051142309717.0938972030570.51589538858194923212126DRYL
2020-12-12 07:00:07FORECAST20217315333.2718.8626.06552.5962992265390.00690.34692.632.9769FF1.27109.2720322.1085147471716.9417158250580.51116159747183923212126DRYL
2020-12-12 03:00:07FORECAST20217315330.3920.425.39552.6118496562870.00830.34832.632.9783FF-1.61106.3920322.1194077693716.9472978529340.38863865132045922212125DRYL
2020-12-11 23:00:02FORECAST20217315334.9419.4527.19550.9910068470060.00520.22522.632.8552FF2.94112.9420320.9816950742116.3671798112930.5824759549302923212126DRYL
2020-12-11 18:58:21FORECAST20217315334.9518.5326.7450.9951237534480.00630.22632.632.8563FF2.95112.9520320.9845907778316.3686489296650.58289726813134923212126DRYL
2020-12-11 15:00:02FORECAST20217315335.2320.5827.90550.9752272828870.00420.22422.632.8542FF3.23113.2320320.9705959404116.3615490791860.59465369931394923212126DRYL
2020-12-11 11:00:04FORECAST20217315335.120.5827.8451.5471302183720.00260.22262.632.8526FF3.1113.120321.372580818716.5658342720760.58920528549449923212126DRYL
2020-12-11 07:00:07FORECAST20217315335.1320.7727.9551.4793333099050.00280.23282.632.8628FF3.13114.1320321.3249575498816.5415945905010.59046418107691923212126DRYL
2020-12-11 03:00:07FORECAST20217315335.1820.527.8451.9779479183850.00230.34232.632.9723FF3.18111.1820321.6750128993716.720007067130.59256026335107923212126DRYL
2020-12-10 22:58:31FORECAST20217315335.0419.8527.44552.7460338904910.00530.52532.633.1553FF3.04118.0420322.2133854885916.9954781509510.58668474873581923213129DRYL
2020-12-10 19:00:02FORECAST20217315334.8719.1627.01553.3943641386380.03510.69512.633.3251FF2.87119.8720322.6670012550417.2285993605340.57952413761332923213129DRYL
2020-12-10 15:00:06FORECAST20217315335.4419.0527.24554.0540781198990.04230.82232.633.4523TF3.44120.4420323.1278157056617.4663761928660.60341593890883923213129DRYL
2020-12-10 11:00:05FORECAST20217315335.0920.4427.76555.0598335053370.14790.92792.633.5579TF3.09119.0920323.8288580309717.8299630074090.58878544870883923213129DRYL
2020-12-10 07:00:07FORECAST20217315335.2521.1828.21555.6238368763150.1751.1052.633.735TF3.25119.2520324.2212026354118.0344272872350.5954903198419232141212DRYL
2020-12-10 03:00:08FORECAST20217315335.621.6128.60555.2421009978920.17041.02042.633.6504TF3.6117.620323.9557124844417.8959941879090.610057314256329232141212DRYL
2020-12-09 22:58:25FORECAST20217315335.4922.1928.8457.4947776956260.20431.09432.623.7143TF3.49117.4920325.5186907954518.7156247630560.605494692273549232141212DRYL
2020-12-09 18:58:35FORECAST20217315335.4922.0828.78556.1040545633010.13360.73362.623.3536FF3.49119.4920324.5548196424718.2088413100040.60549469227354923213129DRYL
2020-12-09 15:00:05FORECAST20217315335.5222.3428.9356.0804817430690.15560.71562.623.3356FF3.52119.5220324.5384526198218.200272767070.60674050834545923213129DRYL
2020-12-09 11:00:05FORECAST20217315331.8822.3727.12555.7008226064650.36830.77832.623.3983TF-0.12115.8820324.2747135829618.0623682970470.45143098275325922213127.5DRYL
2020-12-09 07:00:07FORECAST20217315334.4822.128.2955.2919362959260.3690.7892.623.409TF2.48122.4820323.9903866116817.9140558170250.56300086066686923213129DRYL
2020-12-09 03:00:07FORECAST20217315334.920.8627.8854.8929376801910.36230.69232.663.3523FF2.9121.920323.7126504249717.7695383460670.58078975995639923213129DRYL
2020-12-08 22:58:36FORECAST20217315334.2222.8228.5258.0831613770610.24750.48752.983.4675FF2.22125.2220325.9254591455618.9307810404440.55192210235028923212126DRYL
2020-12-08 19:00:05FORECAST20217315334.2422.0128.12558.382234419370.24770.52773.013.5377TF2.24129.2420326.1319849359819.0403139961870.55277586709639923213129DRYL
2020-12-08 15:00:06FORECAST20217315334.3323.2428.78558.5098608910090.49630.75633.033.7863TF2.33130.3320326.2200700317619.0870909174130.55661472673099923213129DRYL
2020-12-08 11:00:53FORECAST20217315334.9824.7129.84559.3652958093461.1021.4123.044.452TF2.98124.9820326.8097366113319.4011566873060.584160634924769232141212WETL
2020-12-08 07:00:07FORECAST20217315334.9924.7429.86559.1722954584821.1021.3323.214.542TF2.99125.9920326.6768099217619.3302167161250.584581564690769232141212WETL
2020-12-08 03:00:07FORECAST20217315334.8823.9429.4157.5419675300410.58980.71983.314.0298TF2.88126.8820325.5513370562418.7328644662510.57994610374931923213129WETL
2020-12-07 23:00:06FORECAST20217315335.6922.2428.96557.1640004347920.52140.74143.284.0214TF3.69122.6920325.2897468723918.5948632316470.6137791567742923213129WETL
2020-12-07 19:00:06FORECAST20217315335.3423.429.3758.3338151043730.37360.76363.324.0836TF3.34123.3420326.0985594749419.0225730742130.59924966033229923213129WETL
2020-12-07 15:00:06FORECAST20217315335.3623.4529.40559.0450908455140.37360.86363.294.1536TF3.36121.3620326.5891636273319.2834868355360.60008383603069923213129WETL
2020-12-07 11:00:05FORECAST20217315332.4218.625.5159.3096719210580.27540.78543.284.0654TF0.42107.4220326.7714330054419.3807064847260.47457972341152922213127.5WETL
2020-12-07 07:00:07FORECAST20217315332.4218.6325.52559.0194965330930.27540.80542.933.7354TF0.42108.4220326.5715252576619.2740870027510.47457972341152922213127.5DRYL
2020-12-07 03:00:07FORECAST20217315332.8721.9127.3959.9433911302920.88541.41542.884.2954TF0.87111.8720327.2075031797419.6139273438690.493939495788939222141210WETL
2020-12-06 23:00:06FORECAST20217315335.7622.729.2359.632668149990.97791.38792.874.2579TF3.76116.7620326.9937784876219.4995114796630.616666723730489232141212WETL
2020-12-06 19:00:06FORECAST20217315336.0925.1530.6263.2487523570821.4111.7512.814.561TF4.09120.0920329.470620420920.8386056799350.630189986842839232151215WETL
2020-12-06 15:00:06FORECAST20217315336.0925.1330.6164.6313849741771.4111.7312.984.711TF4.09120.0920330.4116606479321.3549632392930.630189986842839232151215WETL
2020-12-06 11:00:06FORECAST20217315334.2624.2729.26565.5201843989821.22382.06383.175.2338TF2.26106.2620331.0148479734921.6881538780240.55362938736819232151215WETL
2020-12-06 07:00:07FORECAST20217315334.324.2829.2966.4709877620081.22382.06383.385.4438TF2.3109.320331.6586087686222.0456753246230.555335678870339232151215WETL
2020-12-06 03:00:07FORECAST20217315336.8627.6632.2665.1476036755230.76411.60413.34.9041TF4.86116.8620330.7621603181521.5483621312670.661100106332389232151215WETL
2020-12-05 23:00:05FORECAST20217315337.3127.4232.36583.8181365160753.0195.7593.529.279TT5.31116.3120343.1349812399228.7609347010090.678690245096889232151215WETL
2020-12-05 19:00:06FORECAST20217315337.3227.4232.3782.5878591020082.68385.42383.739.1538TT5.32119.3220342.3376196622128.2729310979790.679076807440399232151215WETL
2020-12-05 15:00:06FORECAST20217315336.526.231.3585.3012713272292.05524.89524.088.9752TT4.5119.520344.0929169620129.3515632715540.646768352119189232151215WETL
2020-12-05 11:00:06FORECAST20217315332.8429.3131.07568.7419995434780.16232.19233.585.7723TT0.84116.8420333.1899666370222.9041445344530.492647894523929222151212.5WETL
2020-12-05 06:59:50FORECAST20217315330.4929.3129.968.8517126367410.11092.14093.595.7309TT-1.51113.4920333.263723437322.9457781183560.392781994545249222151212.5WETL
2020-12-05 03:00:07FORECAST20217315328.3927.8528.1263.4806288441940.00031.09033.224.3103TF-3.61118.3920329.6286697258720.9250352392740.308980397284759222141210WETL