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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Wednesday, November 3, 2021

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DAY 34 OF WATER YEAR 2022, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 11/04/2021 04:00:11 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:
H
HIGH

MODEL USED FOR HAZARD CLASS DETERMINATION:

WET

MODEL VARIABLES AND OUTPUT:
Temperature at Paradise MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmax): 49.45°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 36.69°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 43.07°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.803
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: 17
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 155

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: 0.27 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 1.62 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 8.60 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 10.22 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: 5 in
SWE DAY: 60
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 330.58 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 1.66 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: 114

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 4
D1: 5
D2: 1
D3: 5
D4: 4
D5: 2
HSdry: 100.0

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
2021-11-04 04:00:11OBSERVATION20223411449.4499236.6900843.075.03279833333330.269999999999981.628.610.22TT17.44992155.4499260330.57734239731 1.6637290978550.802610753804192 451542100WETH
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2021-11-03 12:00:02FORECAST20223411450.5942.2946.442.04213066666670.06651.41658.610.0165TT18.59156.5959327.513428825380.668825216749460.835780281983749245144280WETH
2021-11-03 08:49:38FORECAST20223411450.8139.4745.141.90672133333330.11191.46198.610.0619TT18.81156.8159327.420416152940.62429949244770.841739827616959245144280WETH
2021-11-03 08:00:02FORECAST20223411450.7539.445.07538.8761080.11291.46298.610.0629TT18.75156.7559351.6630268613413.6712898118680.840128712896779245141220WETL
2021-11-03 04:00:12FORECAST20223411445.538.8442.1738.6418290.1411.4918.610.091TT13.5151.559351.5164553499613.5832387583190.660433467554179235141218WETL
2021-11-03 00:00:01FORECAST20223411451.0439.0445.0437.5495840.15870.85878.69.4587TT19.04157.0460351.7690408247113.2087811470470.847816993651869245131215WETL
2021-11-02 20:00:01FORECAST20223411451.0939.0145.0538.6042506666670.11831.07838.69.6783TT19.09162.0960352.4275072039313.6051998299290.849117391248729255141222WETL
2021-11-02 16:00:02FORECAST20223411446.1939.7142.9538.6582066666670.14951.10958.69.7095TT14.19157.1960352.4611464718813.625515842280.687944971464059235141218WETL
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2021-11-01 00:00:03FORECAST20223411450.1340.4245.2752.42929345532130.13070.49078.69.0907TT18.13157.1360328.803705776480.798760690528170.822856768107179245134260WETH
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2021-10-31 12:00:02FORECAST20223411447.9938.7143.352.10382150443080.1360.5268.69.126TT15.99167.9960328.58115222530.691276094002230.754688880435879245134260WETH
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2021-10-29 16:00:04FORECAST20223411447.9835.0341.5057.07992533333330.00350.24358.278.5135TT15.98162.9860331.963733176242.35027844426240.754340435136399245124240WETH
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2021-10-29 10:44:44FORECAST20223411443.0235.239.117.32720369464570.35280.65288.288.9328TT11.02155.0260332.130711854242.43358937900370.555315812118719235134254WETH
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2021-10-29 00:00:04FORECAST20223411442.5135.9639.23518.0883275487770.63180.83186.056.8818TT10.51163.5160339.296670839366.13730931835210.53293329313819235132227WETL
2021-10-28 20:00:05FORECAST20223411438.4836.3637.4219.2184641766940.63180.85187.918.7618TT6.48165.4860340.037939426926.53500695759330.358121566285979225132224WETL
2021-10-28 16:00:03FORECAST20223411438.8236.1437.4819.3668307766860.61460.81467.948.7546TT6.82160.8260340.135096736526.58733885970810.372270752532339225132224WETL
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