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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Wednesday, December 15, 2021

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DAY 76 OF WATER YEAR 2022, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 12/16/2021 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): 22.13°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 18.15°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 20.14°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.069
Maximum Percentile on this day is based on 16 years of historic (1917-2017) records:

DEBRIS FLOW HAZARD MODEL:


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Degree Days above 32°F
(DD32)
TODAY'S DD32: -10
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: -3

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: 0.31 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 1.33 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 7.80 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 9.13 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: 74 in
SWE DAY: 17
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 333.74 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 24.71 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: 156

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 1
D1: 2
D2: 1
D3: 4
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 8.0

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
2021-12-16 07:00:07OBSERVATION20227615622.1300618.1500820.1400774.050048750.310000000000061.33000000000017.89.1300000000001TT-9.86994-2.8699417333.74063714884 24.7135104507270.06928607215477716 1214128WETL
2021-12-16 03:00:05OBSERVATION20227615622.1300618.1500820.1400774.050048750.310000000000061.33000000000017.89.1300000000001TT-9.86994-2.8699417333.74063714884 24.7135104507270.06928607215477716 1214128WETL
2021-12-15 11:00:01FORECAST20227615626.1919.6722.9374.0868839003330.21351.23357.89.0335TT-5.811.1917333.7653510812924.7276348155130.17616821880093161214128WETL
2021-12-15 07:00:06FORECAST20227615626.2218.2222.2273.7362045954260.23471.25477.89.0547TT-5.781.2217333.5299748191224.593234461970.17722334244438161214128WETL
2021-12-15 03:00:08FORECAST20227615623.8717.8720.8773.9240284300410.2681.2887.89.088TT-8.13-1.1317333.6560684182324.6652006876050.10659870201198161214128WETL
2021-12-14 23:00:02FORECAST20227615625.9918.3122.1571.3034310048020.25951.02957.88.8295TT-6.010.9899999999999917331.8913100425823.6649891267140.16923575487539161214128WETL
2021-12-14 19:00:01FORECAST20227615625.9818.0622.0271.4307015762740.28751.05757.88.8575TT-6.020.9817331.9772880429823.7133705922990.16889378020827161214128WETL
2021-12-14 15:00:01FORECAST20227615626.118.1822.1471.2748881851040.2421.0127.88.812TT-5.91.117331.8720240427723.6541414054120.17302670864791161214128WETL
2021-12-14 11:00:03FORECAST20227615625.9220.5223.2272.851541705560.31541.08547.88.8854TT-6.080.9217332.9352558794324.2548466789510.16685124033498161214128WETL
2021-12-14 07:00:05FORECAST20227615625.8119.6522.7373.3404497381710.39051.16057.88.9605TT-6.192.8117333.2640918736324.4417383795950.16314805112891161214128WETL
2021-12-14 03:00:07FORECAST20227615626.1619.8823.0273.9583768780850.48941.28947.89.0894TT-5.842.1617333.6791213897324.678366216090.17511707044689161214128WETL
2021-12-13 23:00:03FORECAST20227615626.2718.4322.3572.3719187187450.54590.98597.88.7859TT-5.738.2717332.6122678983324.0717880171950.17899070915111161213126WETL
2021-12-13 19:00:02FORECAST20227615626.6618.7822.7273.1946230112640.63821.11827.88.9182TT-5.345.6617333.1660526075924.3859636207630.19315334466563161214128WETL
2021-12-13 15:00:03FORECAST20227615626.8720.2723.5774.0363695479040.70341.28347.89.0834TT-5.138.8717333.7314587265424.7082656080390.20105437777921161214128WETL
2021-12-13 11:00:03FORECAST20227615627.0419.0923.06575.7070587164050.82541.38547.89.1854TT-4.967.0417334.8500960930225.3505158861090.2075899570673161214128WETL
2021-12-13 07:00:08FORECAST20227615626.6117.9922.374.6051224738140.68681.26687.89.0668TT-5.396.6117334.1128096464524.9265270837440.19130040129775161214128WETL
2021-12-13 03:00:07FORECAST20227615626.4318.0122.2275.127237203570.64451.36457.89.1645TT-5.571.4317334.4624048147725.1272364221960.18472029387647161214128WETL
2021-12-12 23:00:02FORECAST20227615626.6716.821.73566.4864641743210.67291.48297.529.0029TT-5.3310.6717328.6166763728121.8485608807450.1935252409732161214128WETL
2021-12-12 19:00:04FORECAST20227615629.3918.6624.02565.1118422171590.58791.29797.528.8179TT-2.6114.3917327.6748196303521.3355111543070.309856091375741622141210WETL
2021-12-12 15:00:01FORECAST20227615628.617.6623.1365.7643117579930.56511.31517.528.8351TT-3.415.617328.122285537821.5787362808530.273142384835031622141210WETL
2021-12-12 11:00:04FORECAST20227615627.5817.7522.66566.724607357920.37681.13687.528.6568TT-4.4213.5817328.7795122089421.937683859470.22916395958248161214128WETL
2021-12-12 07:00:06FORECAST20227615623.9616.520.2367.1872969163370.43291.07297.618.6829TT-8.049.9617329.0956053000122.1110441471540.10886161825965161214128WETL
2021-12-12 03:00:14FORECAST20227615627.816.5122.15567.2484981843610.39711.02717.718.7371TT-4.29.817329.1373880236522.1339950409140.23830077794756161214128WETL
2021-12-11 23:00:02FORECAST20227615622.7416.5219.6352.4284591472070.34840.88846.867.7484TT-9.2612.7417318.82755551216.7156374691650.08101728033388161213126WETL
2021-12-11 19:00:04FORECAST20227615627.2718.322.78554.3056034469110.43651.22656.928.1465TT-4.7315.2717320.1549909176117.3862099783210.21662878720228161214128WETL
2021-12-11 15:00:03FORECAST20227615627.2919.1923.2455.0196522186350.35871.27876.958.2287TT-4.7117.2917320.6582760253817.6425068279430.21742536725311161214128WETL
2021-12-11 11:00:06FORECAST20227615627.6216.6522.13557.8023665872590.24061.06066.968.0206TT-4.3816.6217322.6109378005318.6476756918060.23081046567909161214128WETL
2021-12-11 07:00:05FORECAST20227615626.8117.0821.94560.9904465387350.24331.10337.598.6933TT-5.197.8117324.8311509245819.8115969445810.19877743384789161214128WETL
2021-12-11 03:00:04FORECAST20227615628.8516.5922.7262.8826752702480.24481.04488.279.3148TT-3.1510.8517326.1404421601220.508583516850.28452527927231622141210WETL
2021-12-10 23:00:05FORECAST20227615629.1816.0922.63563.3062671496810.30651.11658.629.7365TT-2.8215.1817326.432677380920.6652342806610.299888389343951622141210WETL
2021-12-10 19:00:04FORECAST20227615629.2416.8523.04562.2529416320530.3321.0428.449.482TT-2.7615.2417325.7054085465620.2761197874930.302721495880991622141210WETL
2021-12-10 15:00:03FORECAST20227615629.1516.8723.0162.777483427520.42631.04638.439.4763TT-2.8515.1517326.0678217617120.4697172768940.29847634722561622141210WETL
2021-12-10 11:00:03FORECAST20227615627.7515.8421.79565.4285629560810.4520.9728.319.282TT-4.258.7517327.8921204463221.4535102454250.23620690049139161213126WETL
2021-12-10 09:23:04FORECAST20227615627.7515.8521.864.6782587633530.4520.9128.39.212TT-4.259.7517327.3770561724921.1741779523090.23620690049139161213126WETL
2021-12-10 07:00:10FORECAST20227615628.216.0122.10592.693231850180.45640.90648.529.4264TT-3.821.217345.9580048314932.0679655522710.25541157455496162213127.5WETL
2021-12-10 03:00:10FORECAST20227615628.2216.0422.1393.3278674941710.45510.91518.589.4951TT-3.7822.2217346.3638017571632.3253949951690.25628363108744162213127.5WETL
2021-12-09 23:00:03FORECAST20227615628.1515.6521.946.2802155007420.13080.54087.788.3208TT-3.8517.1517314.4352024265414.552128929320.25323822675691162213127.5WETL
2021-12-09 19:00:04FORECAST20227615628.5716.7422.65546.8063278062760.13280.50287.818.3128TT-3.4315.5717314.8137506066614.7352756088180.27179173623742162213127.5WETL
2021-12-09 15:00:04FORECAST20227615628.5416.6622.642.9482266860770.13280.47287.698.1628TT-3.4620.5417312.0259880144313.4009628651910.270444415431162212125WETL
2021-12-09 11:00:03FORECAST20227615629.0114.5321.7745.7023313315610.17670.73677.68.3367TT-2.9929.0117314.0188199724914.3513921547280.29192714771285162213127.5WETL
2021-12-09 09:37:03FORECAST20227615629.0114.5421.77547.0848008157480.17670.74677.728.4667TT-2.9927.0117315.0139127835314.8323673376020.29192714771285162213127.5WETL
2021-12-09 09:35:44FORECAST20227615629.0114.5421.77549.7616887324150.17670.74677.658.3967TT-2.9920.0117316.9308146532615.7710125484860.29192714771285162213127.5WETL
2021-12-08 23:00:03FORECAST20227615629.9416.9223.4351.9915107345570.27850.67857.828.4985TT-2.0618.9417318.5176553080516.5602140950940.336617173278162213127.5WETL
2021-12-08 19:00:06FORECAST20227615630.2216.9623.5953.253887883460.26230.73237.858.5823TT-1.7816.2217319.4120427976417.0099331157720.35057681814326162213127.5WETL
2021-12-08 15:00:02FORECAST20227615630.2417.8824.0652.7631091929620.24730.71737.728.4373TT-1.7619.2417319.0646694030416.8348439913290.35158197119665162213127.5WETL
2021-12-08 11:00:02FORECAST20227615625.320.9423.1262.5967616135920.8271.7377.599.327TT-6.719.317325.9430130672120.4029770885840.146680400296541612151210WETL
2021-12-08 10:37:50FORECAST20227615625.320.9423.1262.5967616135920.8271.7377.599.327TT-6.719.317325.9430130672120.4029770885840.146680400296541612151210WETL
2021-12-08 07:00:07FORECAST20227615624.6924.2424.46569.1501282348320.62091.68097.69.2809TT-7.3119.6917330.432419045922.849444149970.128494699454749612151210WETL
2021-12-08 03:00:14FORECAST20227615624.7324.3724.5567.6902956895140.32351.38357.789.1635TT-7.2717.7317329.4388150411722.299810801740.12963712079088961214128WETL