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

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DAY 348 OF WATER YEAR 2020, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 09/13/2020 04:00:03 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): 60.55°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 50.79°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 55.67°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.559
Maximum Percentile on this day is based on 95 years of historic (1917-2017) records:

DEBRIS FLOW HAZARD MODEL:


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Degree Days above 32°F
(DD32)
TODAY'S DD32: 29
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 546

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): 0.00 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 0.20 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: 255
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 468.84 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: 62

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 3
D1: 3
D2: 4
D3: 1
D4: 5
D5: 2
HSdry: 25.0

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
2020-09-13 04:00:03OBSERVATION20203486260.5499850.7900255.670000.20.2FF28.54998545.54998255468.84486811521 00.5587844532539595 33415225DRYL
2020-09-13 00:00:03FORECAST20203486251.9251.9251.9200.00420.00420.20.2042FF19.92536.92256469.3343470174500.256559409923029523415222.5DRYL
2020-09-12 12:00:04FORECAST20203486271.4453.0862.2600.0080.0080.20.208FF39.44556.44256469.3343470174500.876986809117919553415160DRYH
2020-09-12 07:50:39FORECAST20203486271.3551.2261.28500.01320.01320.20.2132FF39.35556.35256469.3343470174500.87527420208989553415160DRYH
2020-09-12 04:05:07FORECAST20203486270.149.4859.7900.00720.00720.20.2072FF38.1555.1256469.3343470174500.849763462806639553415160DRYH
2020-09-12 00:00:02FORECAST20203486272.8449.7561.29500.00760.00760.20.2076FF40.84544.84255468.8448681152100.901532010556689553415160DRYH
2020-09-11 20:00:02FORECAST20203486272.8447.8160.32500.00530.00530.20.2053FF40.84563.84255468.8448681152100.901532010556689553415160DRYH
2020-09-11 16:00:01FORECAST20203486272.4349.5160.9700.00380.00380.20.2038FF40.43563.43255468.8448681152100.894746286721649553415160DRYH
2020-09-11 12:00:02FORECAST20203486273.0550.4261.73500.00350.00350.20.2035FF41.05564.05255468.8448681152100.904881375757349553415160DRYH
2020-09-11 07:50:44FORECAST20203486272.9251.0461.9800.00080.01080.20.2108FF40.92564.92255468.8448681152100.902817966557229553415160DRYH
2020-09-11 03:59:39FORECAST20203486272.9151.0561.9800.00080.00080.20.2008FF40.91564.91255468.8448681152100.90265789715519553415160DRYH
2020-09-11 00:00:03FORECAST20203486273.951.6562.77500.00060.00060.20.2006FF41.9566.9255468.8448681152100.917585855416879553415160DRYH
2020-09-10 20:00:02FORECAST20203486274.152.3763.235000.010.20.21FF42.1586.1255468.8448681152100.920381057654889553415160DRYH
2020-09-10 16:05:03FORECAST20203486274.0952.3763.23000.010.20.21FF42.09586.09255468.8448681152100.920243017296999553415160DRYH
2020-09-10 12:00:02FORECAST20203486274.0852.1763.125000.010.20.21FF42.08586.08255468.8448681152100.920104796599779553415160DRYH
2020-09-10 08:00:03FORECAST20203486273.4952.1862.83500.00020.01020.20.2102FF41.49585.49255468.8448681152100.911626513400229553415160DRYH
2020-09-10 03:59:41FORECAST20203486273.352.1562.72500.00020.00020.20.2002FF41.3584.3255468.8448681152100.908758752790439553415160DRYH
2020-09-10 00:00:03FORECAST20203486273.8852.5563.21500.00050.01050.20.2105FF41.88584.88255468.8448681152100.917302335087599553415160DRYH
2020-09-09 20:00:02FORECAST20203486273.2352.9363.0800.00070.00070.20.2007FF41.23598.23255468.8448681152100.907685055712389553415160DRYH
2020-09-09 16:00:02FORECAST20203486273.9452.4163.17500.0010.0010.20.201FF41.94598.94255468.8448681152100.918150706959439553415160DRYH
2020-09-09 12:00:02FORECAST20203486270.8951.9461.41500.0010.0010.20.201FF38.89594.89255468.8448681152100.866261748203179553415160DRYH
2020-09-09 08:00:03FORECAST20203486270.8951.9561.4200.0010.0010.210.211FF38.89594.89255468.8448681152100.866261748203179553415160DRYH
2020-09-09 04:00:08FORECAST20203486275.8853.164.4900.00080.00080.210.2108FF43.88599.88255468.8448681152100.942195571371449553515165DRYH
2020-09-09 00:00:03FORECAST20203486274.850.9862.8900.0010.0010.210.211FF42.8594.8255468.8448681152100.92960277953459553415160DRYH
2020-09-08 20:00:02FORECAST20203486274.7950.2362.5100.0010.0010.220.221FF42.79605.79255468.8448681152100.929477067512159553515165DRYH
2020-09-08 16:00:02FORECAST20203486275.0351.8363.4300.0010.0010.220.221FF43.03609.03255468.8448681152100.932447000655819553515165DRYH
2020-09-08 11:59:59FORECAST20203486275.7753.3764.5700.00120.00120.210.2112FF43.77604.77255468.8448681152100.940999887021939553515165DRYH
2020-09-08 07:59:59FORECAST20203486275.7653.3764.56500.00120.00120.210.2112FF43.76599.76255468.8448681152100.940890236561599553515165DRYH
2020-09-08 04:00:03FORECAST20203486276.4854.1365.30500.00120.00120.210.2112FF44.48609.48255468.8448681152100.948386556713489553515165DRYH
2020-09-07 23:50:53FORECAST20203486276.8859.0367.95500.00050.00050.210.2105FF44.88611.88255468.8448681152100.952213393512019553515165DRYH
2020-09-07 20:00:02FORECAST20203486277.9258.6268.270000.210.21FF45.92611.92255468.8448681152100.961109820504099553515165DRYH
2020-09-07 15:59:52FORECAST20203486276.9458.5367.7350000.20.2FF44.94610.94255468.8448681152100.952767367821149553515165DRYH
2020-09-07 11:59:59FORECAST20203486274.7257.0465.8800.00020.00020.20.2002FF42.72604.72255468.8448681152100.928592263063389553515165DRYH
2020-09-07 07:59:50FORECAST20203486274.7257.0465.8800.00020.00020.210.2102FF42.72606.72255468.8448681152100.928592263063389553515165DRYH
2020-09-07 04:00:04FORECAST20203486274.8957.5266.20500.00020.00020.210.2102FF42.89606.89255468.8448681152100.930726472819099553515165DRYH
2020-09-07 00:00:03FORECAST20203486275.0857.4566.26500.00080.00080.210.2108FF43.08603.08255468.8448681152100.933053435785329553515165DRYH
2020-09-06 20:00:00FORECAST20203486275.0857.4566.26500.00080.00080.220.2208FF43.08619.08255468.8448681152100.933053435785329553515165DRYH
2020-09-06 16:00:04FORECAST20203486275.3156.8866.09500.00080.00080.210.2108FF43.31617.31255468.8448681152100.935789120856849553515165DRYH
2020-09-06 12:00:01FORECAST20203486273.3356.1964.7600.00110.00110.210.2111FF41.33616.33255468.8448681152100.909216072997169553515165DRYH
2020-09-06 08:00:01FORECAST20203486273.3356.1964.7600.00110.00110.210.2111FF41.33617.33255468.8448681152100.909216072997169553515165DRYH
2020-09-06 04:00:05FORECAST20203486273.5256.2564.88500.00110.00110.210.2111FF41.52619.52255468.8448681152100.912073129937139553515165DRYH
2020-09-06 00:00:03FORECAST20203486274.0956.6865.38500.00110.00110.20.2011FF42.09612.09255468.8448681152100.920243017296999553515165DRYH
2020-09-05 20:00:03FORECAST20203486276.6557.7967.2200.00130.00130.230.2313FF44.65633.65255468.8448681152100.950041634300699553515165DRYH
2020-09-05 16:00:03FORECAST20203486275.7857.366.5400.00130.00130.220.2213FF43.78630.78255468.8448681152100.941109378383519553515165DRYH
2020-09-05 12:00:03FORECAST20203486268.8656.7562.80500.00020.00020.220.2202FF36.86627.86255468.8448681152100.821246093836049543515160DRYH
2020-09-05 08:00:02FORECAST20203486257.8656.7557.30500.00020.00020.210.2102FF25.86616.86255468.8448681152100.459357781628459523515225DRYL
2020-09-05 04:00:04FORECAST20203486258.3357.9258.12500.00020.00020.210.2102FF26.33620.33255468.8448681152100.476722304259299523515225DRYL