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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Thursday, November 25, 2021

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DAY 56 OF WATER YEAR 2022, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 11/26/2021 07:00:11 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): 39.69°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 30.30°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 35.00°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.695
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: 8
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 79

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: 0.97 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 2.03 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 17.08 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 19.11 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: 30 in
SWE DAY: 37
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 324.21 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 9.78 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: 136

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: 2
D5: 2
HSdry: 40.0

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
2021-11-26 07:00:11OBSERVATION20225613639.6899630.3000834.9950230.1787454166670.970000000000032.0317.0819.11TT7.6899678.6899637324.21284646265 9.78433695420910.6951647464382792 34152240WETL
2021-11-26 03:00:05OBSERVATION20225613639.6899630.3000834.9950230.1787454166670.970000000000032.0317.0819.11TT7.6899678.6899637324.21284646265 9.78433695420910.6951647464382792 34152240WETL
2021-11-25 11:00:01FORECAST20225613642.7634.0638.4131.5881960.92411.984117.0819.0641TT10.7681.7637325.1908959435310.272193758480.809182041835489244151222.5WETL
2021-11-25 07:00:07FORECAST20225613642.9834.3738.67531.9508596666670.81421.874217.0818.9542TT10.9881.9837325.4419905522810.3981513697760.816206384042729244151222.5WETL
2021-11-25 03:00:05FORECAST20225613639.2234.2736.74531.9931170.7141.77417.0818.854TT7.2278.2237325.4712328891710.4128392339580.675366246504149234151220WETL
2021-11-24 23:00:01FORECAST20225613643.2534.2838.76527.3405560.74471.824717.0818.9047TT11.2585.2537322.232706627188.81002136057190.824604329683989244152245WETL
2021-11-24 19:00:01FORECAST20225613642.6933.9138.327.3377681.02372.103717.0819.1837TT10.6984.6937322.230754476818.80906960835210.806913002351359244152245WETL
2021-11-24 15:00:01FORECAST20225613643.2933.1138.227.418620.88861.968617.0819.0486TT11.2985.2937322.287361225118.8366746882340.825827502309429244152245WETL
2021-11-24 11:00:02FORECAST20225613643.3233.138.2127.3107096584150.88341.963417.0819.0434TT11.3285.3237322.21180757818.79983312527850.826741323662959244152245WETL
2021-11-24 07:00:14FORECAST20225613642.532.8237.6627.8770830515111.12622.196217.0819.2762TT10.583.537322.608124282178.9933734737060.800671822620439244152245WETL
2021-11-24 03:00:04FORECAST20225613643.3333.1438.23527.6988351405940.88011.950117.0819.0301TT11.3385.3337322.483457750518.93241613180.827045252770189244152245WETL
2021-11-23 23:00:01FORECAST20225613642.6833.1137.89520.2626936854440.98611.186117.0818.2661TT10.6881.6837317.232007326746.42797499168010.806587517297969244142236WETL
2021-11-23 19:00:04FORECAST20225613641.6533.6437.64520.2133916877041.40181.601817.0818.6818TT9.6580.6537317.196857894396.41162433072830.771300662916669244152245WETL
2021-11-23 15:00:02FORECAST20225613641.5632.5837.0720.3288751194041.08621.296217.0818.3762TT9.5680.5637317.279183887386.44992890723280.768054820476049244142236WETL
2021-11-23 11:00:02FORECAST20225613642.3333.2537.7921.0697288712091.03071.240717.0818.3207TT10.3381.3337317.806750772836.69610207222330.794986133939639244142236WETL
2021-11-23 07:00:08FORECAST20225613642.0432.1537.09522.1156189087411.2411.75117.0818.831TT10.0480.0437318.549848011277.04492704205460.785067936214029244152245WETL
2021-11-23 03:00:08FORECAST20225613642.1133.5837.84522.6892190827251.26451.984517.0819.0645TT10.1181.1137318.956549320017.23687502539160.787487113705479244152245WETL
2021-11-22 23:00:02FORECAST20225613636.5232.634.5624.5305863902731.65592.465917.0619.5259TT4.5279.5237320.258141996237.85612001942680.553464645778069234152240WETL
2021-11-22 19:00:02FORECAST20225613639.9733.0736.5223.6491107763121.54272.252717.0619.3127TT7.9782.9737319.635819883557.55910291250340.706701182643119244152245WETL
2021-11-22 15:00:02FORECAST20225613638.8532.635.72524.2789263835111.62632.456317.0619.5163TT6.8580.8537320.080612028517.77121361622930.659418950399179234152240WETL
2021-11-22 11:00:06FORECAST20225613635.8232.6734.24524.5501315348981.29452.154517.0619.2145TT3.8278.8237320.271925091787.86271788793830.520482361279199234152240WETL
2021-11-22 07:00:09FORECAST20225613638.132.1235.1124.2415645754371.46852.268517.1219.3885TT6.180.137320.054245997467.75861567199020.626231358063949234152240WETL
2021-11-22 03:00:13FORECAST20225613640.6432.3836.5124.1242709690061.53792.267917.1119.3779TT8.6478.6437319.971456257957.71907811311450.733448826079919244152245WETL
2021-11-21 23:00:03FORECAST20225613636.0731.8733.9723.2902367716192.01232.802317.0219.8223TT4.0781.0737319.382055319927.43848368900730.532289720867379234152240WETL
2021-11-21 19:00:02FORECAST20225613635.6331.633.61523.7321802782032.1743.04417.0320.074TT3.6381.6337319.694526467667.58704813608520.511496173098599234152240WETL
2021-11-21 15:00:02FORECAST20225613635.6631.2333.44523.6345515644632.13692.956917.0319.9869TT3.6677.6637319.625529373137.55420605528790.512915550297799234152240WETL
2021-11-21 11:00:03FORECAST20225613635.4430.9833.2122.8614989023832.01622.796217.0219.8162TT3.4479.4437319.078585688617.29461473649420.502504144775979234152240WETL
2021-11-21 07:00:17FORECAST20225613634.7931.1632.97523.4459310600512.10992.969917.0820.0499TT2.7976.7937319.492177223057.49079156139730.471760195725519224152235WETL
2021-11-21 03:00:09FORECAST20225613634.7631.1732.96523.439746882532.0822.93217.0920.022TT2.7671.7637319.487804011277.48871325807970.470343893853319224152235WETL
2021-11-20 23:00:02FORECAST20225613634.7830.7732.77549.3305647489531.6762.52616.9919.516TT2.7882.7837337.2078895460416.6346556291090.471288054531179224151217.5WETL
2021-11-20 19:00:03FORECAST20225613634.7830.4832.6349.5196531639561.58952.459517.0219.4795TT2.7882.7837337.3330658827416.7046164232470.471288054531179224151217.5WETL
2021-11-20 15:00:03FORECAST20225613635.5430.4933.01548.5309439426311.7592.48916.9319.419TT3.5484.5437336.6778762075916.3392951369550.507237239691099234151220WETL
2021-11-20 11:00:03FORECAST20225613634.6829.532.0948.2423600708152.45693.136916.9320.0669TT2.6884.6837336.4863294045816.2328946620420.466568970852149224151217.5WETL
2021-11-20 07:00:18FORECAST20225613634.6829.5132.09548.6045698832142.45693.286916.9220.2069TT2.6883.6837336.7267227604516.3664575279560.466568970852149224151217.5WETL
2021-11-20 03:00:11FORECAST20225613634.6631.1532.90549.3124439292432.61933.519316.8920.4093TT2.6677.6637337.1958904248816.6279534397480.465625696432479224151217.5WETL
2021-11-19 23:00:04FORECAST20225613634.1127.1830.64516.9475957352992.27783.047816.0819.1278TT2.1182.1137314.858706947485.33609807908480.439779471270479224152235WETL
2021-11-19 19:00:08FORECAST20225613634.6828.2831.4815.5423758854331.93552.495516.0418.5355TT2.6884.6837313.846654365264.87792267253030.466568970852149224153252.5WETL
2021-11-19 15:00:03FORECAST20225613634.6828.2131.44515.4902354242421.93552.46551618.4655TT2.6883.6837313.809032766064.86097579579990.466568970852149224153252.5WETL
2021-11-19 11:00:06FORECAST20225613633.7227.630.6617.1164847585311.33322.043216.1418.1832TT1.7280.7237314.980099429765.39135207113010.421599932638869224152235WETL
2021-11-19 07:00:11FORECAST20225613637.3927.6232.50518.7519993348081.33322.223216.2118.4332TT5.3978.3937316.152969408785.92850027205110.59392212010229234152240WETL
2021-11-19 03:00:16FORECAST20225613636.2627.7832.0223.5613906480791.30322.363216.5118.8732TT4.2678.2637319.573813177297.52960345316640.541244909883639234152240WETL
2021-11-18 23:00:03FORECAST20225613635.4132.5333.9720.9915374975281.17372.433717.1519.5837TT3.4184.4137317.751117023586.67008448788180.501084117242719234152240WETL
2021-11-18 19:00:05FORECAST20225613638.9531.0835.01520.1977244008460.91811.958117.2419.1981TT6.9586.9537317.185687116236.40642909226670.663758702539199234152240WETL
2021-11-18 15:00:03FORECAST20225613634.8928.9731.9320.8508593653250.83751.957517.119.0575TT2.8982.8937317.650995649996.62329623755330.476483681358919224152235WETL
2021-11-18 11:00:05FORECAST20225613633.8129.9731.8925.4390353469460.17831.448317.2118.6583TT1.8172.8137320.89805100888.16333686237890.425781871372079224142228WETL
2021-11-18 07:00:15FORECAST20225613632.5231.4331.97526.2001687103320.13681.406817.2418.6468TT0.5262.5237321.433055665358.42160028750980.366859091443289224142228WETL
2021-11-18 03:00:07FORECAST20225613627.7427.5827.6625.7212837121880.01751.227517.2818.5075TT-4.2665.7437321.096565543758.25901586136010.182088264567729214142224WETL