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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Sunday, December 27, 2020

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DAY 88 OF WATER YEAR 2021, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 12/28/2020 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:

WET

MODEL VARIABLES AND OUTPUT:
Temperature at Paradise MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmax): 33.01°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 24.41°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 28.71°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.536
Maximum Percentile on this day is based on 89 years of historic (1917-2017) records:

DEBRIS FLOW HAZARD MODEL:


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Degree Days above 32°F
(DD32)
TODAY'S DD32: 1
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: -2

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: 0.17 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 0.67 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 9.03 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 9.70 in

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

PRECIP THRESHOLD B (PB) EXCEEDED: True
P3 > (-0.67 * P15 + 4.5)
Snow at Paradise DEPTH: 84 in
SWE DAY: 5
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 328.55 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 27.71 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: 168

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 3
D1: 1
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
2020-12-28 07:00:07OBSERVATION20218816833.0099824.4099428.7099684.3469441666670.170000000000020.670000000000029.039.7TT1.00998-1.990025328.55355412972 27.712488285940.5363696556377289 3113127.5WETL
2020-12-28 03:00:07OBSERVATION20218816833.0099824.4099428.7099684.3233818181820.170000000000020.670000000000029.039.7TT1.00998-1.990025328.53743370289 27.7033874636950.5363696556377289 3113127.5WETL
2020-12-27 11:00:02FORECAST20218816837.6226.5832.182.9259052270650.00970.50979.039.5397TT5.622.625327.5796079464127.1648355228830.73926030822531894113129WETL
2020-12-27 07:00:07FORECAST2021881683726.4631.7382.9776730186570.01480.51489.039.5448TT525327.6151500895227.1847428000870.71468418241803894113129WETL
2020-12-27 03:00:08FORECAST20218816830.8726.9228.89583.1120035888280.03340.53349.039.5634TT-1.13-4.135327.7073554541227.2364149025880.43490271086655892113126WETL
2020-12-26 23:00:04FORECAST20218816836.5526.7731.6679.0934428022610.07760.30769.039.3376TT4.551.555324.9353369866525.7002544903870.69618305998235893112125WETL
2020-12-26 19:00:03FORECAST20218816837.3327.0632.19579.1614506937910.10730.33739.039.3673TT5.332.335324.982484842425.7260849501980.72790160316822894112126WETL
2020-12-26 14:59:33FORECAST20218816837.3827.0332.20579.2612678134190.12080.35089.039.3808TT5.382.385325.051670345825.7640074964780.72987739602636894112126WETL
2020-12-26 11:00:05FORECAST20218816837.2526.6831.96580.1212460593220.09440.32449.039.3544TT5.252.255325.6470147053726.0912445936930.72472548165847894112126WETL
2020-12-26 06:57:34FORECAST20218816837.5626.6932.12579.9170836390140.10630.48639.039.5163TT5.564.565325.5057951680826.0134738574310.73693037663333894112126WETL
2020-12-26 03:00:07FORECAST20218816837.7226.9232.3280.6109623422080.13140.64149.039.6714TT5.723.725325.9854540415926.2780011598540.74311982711347894113129WETL
2020-12-25 23:00:04FORECAST20218816837.5627.1432.35182.524776871690.0631.4139.0310.443TT5.564.565388.0009378452870.8197846062150.736930376633338941141212WETL
2020-12-25 19:00:05FORECAST20218816837.7126.4732.09183.027273161650.08451.41459.0310.4445TT5.711.715388.2686696404571.0637558583940.742735215574148941141212WETL
2020-12-25 15:00:05FORECAST20218816837.5326.1131.82183.355847991250.0521.3829.0310.412TT5.530.535388.4435507839271.2233966507170.735761439169088941141212WETL
2020-12-25 10:57:34FORECAST20218816837.5925.6431.615185.491091740660.01881.42889.0310.4588TT5.590.595389.5764668687472.2629641559540.738096669274728941141212WETL
2020-12-25 07:00:07FORECAST20218816837.5525.0431.295185.821964625580.01931.56939.0310.5993TT5.552.555389.7514719851472.4243842399910.736541024240668941151215WETL
2020-12-25 03:00:07FORECAST20218816837.4825.2131.345184.513402258580.05671.52679.0310.5567TT5.481.485389.058487630871.7865052303370.733807357042018941151215WETL
2020-12-24 23:00:05FORECAST20218816837.1825.7531.465116.516086480.05611.39619.0410.4361TT5.1810.185349.6866068700540.744114926970.721931505468098941141212WETL
2020-12-24 19:00:06FORECAST20218816836.8224.0530.435117.093549746610.05831.45839.0410.4983TT4.827.825350.0504086571740.9886449399180.707348188423388941141212WETL
2020-12-24 15:00:06FORECAST20218816836.9523.730.325118.218008677380.02881.62889.0410.6688TT4.954.955350.7572882917541.4658281509270.712655203335158941151215WETL
2020-12-24 11:00:06FORECAST20218816829.3922.8726.13117.405594589760.02751.61759.0410.6575TT-2.61-2.615350.2467749021741.1209308605350.36677771520578921151210WETL
2020-12-24 07:00:07FORECAST20218816837.3924.731.045116.886236161420.01691.59699.0410.6369TT5.399.395349.9198625170140.9008156877360.730271692740978941151215WETL
2020-12-24 03:00:07FORECAST20218816837.7520.8829.315118.170808175570.00761.72769.0410.7676TT5.753.755350.727656755141.4457706482730.744271866413278941151215WETL
2020-12-23 23:00:05FORECAST20218816836.8823.3130.09583.5775339007540.00711.25719.0410.2971TT4.880.885328.0266551193427.4156588885870.709803230650918941141212WETL
2020-12-23 18:57:46FORECAST20218816836.8823.4530.16583.3421963044110.0081.2189.0410.258TT4.88-0.125327.8652880804427.3250132006020.709803230650918941141212WETL
2020-12-23 15:00:03FORECAST20218816837.3524.5930.9783.2510557721130.06721.35729.0410.3972TT5.352.355327.8027686314327.2899265735890.728692780762978941141212WETL
2020-12-23 11:00:05FORECAST20218816836.8725.0730.9783.2484233819210.17271.46279.0410.5027TT4.875.875327.8009626820927.288913326360.709394726970898941141212WETL
2020-12-23 06:57:55FORECAST20218816837.9525.9231.93584.1614419425690.20791.66799.0410.7079TT5.953.955328.426614740227.6408574688520.751882745212678941151215WETL
2020-12-23 03:00:07FORECAST20218816837.9525.9231.93585.1415444945090.20791.64799.0410.6879TT5.95-0.0499999999999975329.0966237572328.0197948346190.751882745212678941151215WETL
2020-12-22 23:00:06FORECAST20218816838.0125.3931.785.34563383280.36792.00798.7610.7679TT6.018.015329.2359318004728.0988492800440.754142254532498941151215WETL
2020-12-22 19:00:06FORECAST20218816838.0125.3931.784.7367510840670.36792.09798.7610.8579TT6.019.015328.820104644627.8631473587060.754142254532498941151215WETL
2020-12-22 14:57:50FORECAST20218816837.9925.3631.67584.2926267809130.62842.10848.7610.8684TT5.998.995328.5163908713527.6915095271310.75339031221418941151215WETL
2020-12-22 11:00:06FORECAST20218816838.0326.632.31586.0694648980980.27242.47248.7611.2324TT6.037.035329.729425202728.3796351883540.754892966383398941151215WETL
2020-12-22 07:00:07FORECAST20218816836.8825.6931.28587.2200678003130.27242.36248.7611.1224TT4.881.885330.5120179874928.8272806176870.709803230650918941151215WETL
2020-12-22 03:00:07FORECAST20218816836.625.1930.89592.2104158686440.43783.04788.8411.8878TT4.65.65333.8799002389230.7872044512120.698264959682248931151212.5WETL
2020-12-21 23:01:14FORECAST20218816838.0125.0131.5196.0038214641310.02872.67878.6711.3487TT6.014.015336.4115836732332.2967976174310.754142254532498941151215WETL
2020-12-21 19:00:05FORECAST20218816838.0125.0131.5196.0111438978150.02872.67878.6611.3387TT6.016.015336.4164470462432.2997279069480.754142254532498941151215WETL
2020-12-21 15:00:05FORECAST20218816839.2426.6732.95589.5529255952670.02961.82968.6410.4696TT7.2410.245332.0917295782229.7397859497220.797945396654668941151215WETL
2020-12-21 11:00:05FORECAST20218816834.7723.9329.3589.775537268110.00081.27088.659.9208TT2.77-2.235332.2419840350429.8272026197690.618360888552288931141210WETL
2020-12-21 07:00:07FORECAST20218816834.7723.9329.3588.8184698572520.00081.16089.0110.1708TT2.77-2.235331.5953967634329.4517957522370.618360888552288931141210WETL
2020-12-21 03:00:10FORECAST20218816835.6124.930.25589.5351506885260.00341.13349.6210.7534TT3.611.615332.0797285255829.7328085341420.655919545661938931141210WETL
2020-12-20 22:57:47FORECAST20218816834.2623.0828.6791.8106919341760.06382.08389.6611.7438TT2.263.265333.6117048239630.6291214572280.594974304717458931151212.5WETL
2020-12-20 19:00:06FORECAST20218816834.2623.5628.9191.6006716647390.06272.08279.5811.6627TT2.26-0.745333.4706822295830.5461384727280.594974304717458931151212.5WETL
2020-12-20 15:00:06FORECAST20218816836.6226.3931.50593.2640546797830.00181.94189.8211.7618TT4.621.625334.5855374226531.2048038572510.699095921559668941151215WETL
2020-12-20 11:00:05FORECAST20218816827.3826.2226.893.0514009064980.0070.9679.6810.647TT-4.62-14.625334.4432721768631.120414999810.28092089461489892113126WETL
2020-12-20 07:00:07FORECAST20218816827.3826.8927.13592.5897856222860.0070.9679.6710.637TT-4.62-2.625334.1341872539830.9374127669230.28092089461489892113126WETL
2020-12-20 03:00:07FORECAST20218816828.4627.4327.94592.1949042600830.00760.87761010.8776TT-3.540.465333.8694977778430.781066382990.32588411935505892113126WETL