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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Monday, November 15, 2021

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DAY 46 OF WATER YEAR 2022, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 11/16/2021 07:00:12 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): 40.13°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 20.89°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 30.51°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.618
Maximum Percentile on this day is based on 86 years of historic (1917-2017) records:

DEBRIS FLOW HAZARD MODEL:


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Degree Days above 32°F
(DD32)
TODAY'S DD32: 8
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 114

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: 0.52 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 3.78 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 17.02 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 20.80 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: 12 in
SWE DAY: 47
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 320.92 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 3.85 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: 126

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: 1
D3: 5
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 20.0

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
2021-11-16 07:00:12OBSERVATION20224612640.1300620.8900430.5100579.684880.519999999999983.7817.0220.8TT8.13006114.1300647365.55110568546 29.1288959904130.6176084487366886 34151220WETL
2021-11-16 03:00:07OBSERVATION20224612640.1300620.8900430.5100579.684880.519999999999983.7817.0220.8TT8.13006114.1300647365.55110568546 29.1288959904130.6176084487366886 34151220WETL
2021-11-15 11:00:02FORECAST20224612638.6524.7331.6960.5820319917841.08964.349617.0221.3696TT6.65112.6547353.9992620715921.4459946198890.554428888993458634151220WETL
2021-11-15 07:00:12FORECAST20224612641.3922.932.14561.0640372332661.13664.396617.0221.4166TT9.39115.3947354.2976853980521.6348470528060.669092880800758634151220WETL
2021-11-15 03:00:09FORECAST20224612641.7323.132.41560.8373487973411.14954.409517.0221.4295TT9.73115.7347354.1573815669321.545996151540.68250153033028634151220WETL
2021-11-14 23:00:01FORECAST20224612642.4624.0233.2439.0121440347781.37372.943717.0219.9637TT10.46119.4647340.2637139862313.2744170198390.710478624376098644151222.5WETL
2021-11-14 19:00:01FORECAST20224612642.325.0933.69539.581902355081.39982.969817.0219.9898TT10.3119.347340.6362919869613.4830324480250.70444627196258644151222.5WETL
2021-11-14 15:00:02FORECAST20224612642.525.2233.8639.8008103346231.46143.031417.0220.0514TT10.5119.547340.7792976053113.5632921899550.711977638584058644151222.5WETL
2021-11-14 11:00:03FORECAST20224612642.3725.5833.97538.3985267851.36832.938317.0219.9583TT10.37119.3747339.8618521231413.050194431950.707092528765618644151222.5WETL
2021-11-14 07:00:11FORECAST20224612641.8225.7233.7738.0301515229731.32933.119317.0220.1393TT9.82117.8247339.6202997630712.9158114602670.686012111083178634151220WETL
2021-11-14 03:00:05FORECAST20224612643.2125.7834.49537.8398849840031.32063.550617.0220.5706TT11.21118.2147339.4954489557312.8464687410770.737956941562948644151222.5WETL
2021-11-13 23:00:04FORECAST20224612641.8323.4132.6214.2448973638761.38994.079917.0221.0999TT9.83113.8347323.535462026734.60872945014490.686401147012068634153260WETH
2021-11-13 19:00:02FORECAST20224612641.6223.4332.52513.8862634969311.29253.932517.0220.9525TT9.62115.6247323.285421264584.48922654439640.678188470282998634153260WETH
2021-11-13 15:00:03FORECAST20224612641.4424.0232.7314.3604267098071.45213.902117.0220.9221TT9.44114.4447323.615960990434.6472632899270.671078924105348634153260WETH
2021-11-13 11:00:02FORECAST20224612641.4123.832.60514.7101348014821.60144.141417.0221.1614TT9.41110.4147323.859487960534.76401672463810.669887872864328634153260WETH
2021-11-13 07:00:12FORECAST20224612641.6223.5332.57514.0322039281281.74264.302617.0221.3226TT9.62114.6247323.387198919394.5378351229830.678188470282998634153260WETH
2021-11-13 03:00:16FORECAST20224612641.6423.5732.60514.1232348085791.72954.239517.0221.2595TT9.64113.6447323.450664002584.5681696766990.678974471937768634153260WETH
2021-11-12 23:00:02FORECAST20224612642.222533.6125.495076584482.05064.620614.9719.5906TT10.22107.2247331.264595903668.44561624229070.701408603589998644152245WETL
2021-11-12 19:00:03FORECAST20224612642.3526.5734.4626.8821798518172.02074.480714.9719.4507TT10.35108.3547332.202364075498.93032369827610.706337576958298644152245WETL
2021-11-12 15:00:02FORECAST20224612641.7625.0833.4227.0869082562761.89394.563914.9719.5339TT9.76106.7647332.340493624799.00207646066040.683673567835728634152240WETL
2021-11-12 11:00:04FORECAST20224612641.3425.2233.2826.8328288303811.7794.20914.9719.179TT9.34111.3447332.169056365648.91303543220850.667102070491818634152240WETL
2021-11-12 07:00:05FORECAST20224612641.7525.0833.41526.5061380872952.09764.707615.6820.3876TT9.75109.7547331.948462782468.79867179237720.683283092704438634152240WETL
2021-11-12 03:00:15FORECAST20224612641.6827.8534.76526.0186764545652.28654.856516.4221.2765TT9.68110.6847331.618970270348.628286693660.680544070712838634152240WETL
2021-11-11 23:00:02FORECAST20224612642.2826.7334.50533.883533002142.27614.826113.5118.3361TT10.28108.2847336.8856156678711.4148748764290.703688186526518644151222.5WETL
2021-11-11 19:00:03FORECAST20224612643.1426.834.9733.0711759956362.32894.888913.718.5889TT11.14119.1447336.346486008311.1233738342940.735449895177288644151222.5WETL
2021-11-11 15:00:02FORECAST20224612644.9928.536.74531.8127119985271.70963.929613.4817.4096TT12.99117.9947335.5090929295210.6734541462540.797395742748458644151222.5WETL
2021-11-11 11:00:02FORECAST20224612644.1225.4334.77531.4529043723621.14593.185913.5716.7559TT12.12113.1247335.2691812837510.5451894979180.769407092670498644151222.5WETL
2021-11-11 07:00:16FORECAST20224612644.1325.4434.78531.2659581053191.14593.645913.6817.3259TT12.13116.1347335.1444431285710.4786121180880.76974058918258644151222.5WETL
2021-11-11 03:00:07FORECAST20224612642.3525.5333.9430.47989848671.11282.972813.5316.5028TT10.35111.3547334.6193035650710.1991624043530.706337576958298644151222.5WETL
2021-11-10 23:00:04FORECAST20224612641.5734.0837.82524.9494619915771.57293.472913.0916.5629TT9.57120.5747330.894820108568.25564773750830.676219983311078634152240WETL
2021-11-10 19:00:04FORECAST20224612642.2433.9738.10524.9349083588711.54343.083413.5916.6734TT10.24116.2447330.884949752018.25058589939610.70216934972978644152245WETL
2021-11-10 15:00:03FORECAST20224612643.734.7739.23524.7285653333331.31992.469913.3315.7999TT11.7116.747330.744967471018.1788485367780.755159440533438644152245WETL
2021-11-10 11:00:05FORECAST20224612647.8238.8843.3524.064378992680.47871.428713.314.7287TT15.82122.8247330.293887647117.94831729130560.873481795444098654142240WETL
2021-11-10 07:00:09FORECAST20224612642.2828.2335.25527.1005357882781.10932.669313.0615.7293TT10.28115.2847332.349685524219.00685454677190.703688186526518644152245WETL
2021-11-10 03:00:04FORECAST20224612642.9827.0134.99527.8743256120261.10932.539313.7116.2493TT10.98113.9847332.871092495759.27855721905740.72967409837188644152245WETL
2021-11-09 23:00:05FORECAST20224612644.7133.8439.27525.6343742506340.93972.859713.1215.9797TT12.71115.7147331.358919107498.49417854368680.788616793900838644152245WETL
2021-11-09 19:00:03FORECAST20224612647.0135.3841.19525.2462880539780.76141.931412.8214.7514TT15.01114.0147331.096049646038.35894624289780.854073382427458654152250WETL
2021-11-09 15:00:06FORECAST20224612646.9935.2741.1325.0288245547020.76142.161412.4614.6214TT14.99114.9947330.948637831298.28325539289710.853570191054588654152250WETL
2021-11-09 11:00:03FORECAST20224612648.738.1243.4129.5032038886270.11951.169512.6813.8495TT16.7112.747333.965344850359.85304766085570.892449949399758654142240WETL
2021-11-09 07:00:06FORECAST20224612648.7537.7943.2728.4299275109670.11951.289511.9813.2695TT16.75120.7547333.244845141749.47412679078330.893462774040758654142240WETL
2021-11-09 03:00:05FORECAST20224612644.9530.0937.5229.8909946319930.93332.693312.4615.1533TT12.95112.9547334.225189454329.99032334385610.796155091160558644152245WETL
2021-11-08 23:00:03FORECAST20224612643.9430.6437.2934.4044689116480.41881.758812.2213.9788TT11.94118.9447337.2307555617611.6022450457760.76335828952268644151222.5WETL
2021-11-08 19:00:03FORECAST20224612643.9833.1638.5734.8974625448490.26061.890612.1114.0006TT11.98115.9847337.5569623062811.7798814488360.764709951746678644151222.5WETL
2021-11-08 15:00:03FORECAST20224612643.9734.8439.40534.7128591398710.21772.247712.2314.4777TT11.97114.9747337.4348607457611.713328789950.764372435664128644151222.5WETL
2021-11-08 11:00:08FORECAST20224612637.9533.8735.9135.0354624886450.00380.503812.5813.0838TT5.95107.9547337.6482017191411.8296609056890.523952750834528634131212WETL
2021-11-08 07:00:10FORECAST20224612635.233.7134.45534.7344107595830.00380.503812.0912.5938TT3.299.247337.4491185074111.7210962926960.404557462371368624131210.5WETL
2021-11-08 03:00:16FORECAST20224612632.1231.9932.05536.13386720750100.3911.7712.16TT0.1289.1247338.3732787656312.2267351214840.28115234580808862412127WETL