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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Friday, December 17, 2021

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DAY 78 OF WATER YEAR 2022, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 12/18/2021 07:00:06 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): 25.39°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 14.21°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 19.80°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.116
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: -7
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: -34

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: 0.28 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 0.83 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 8.46 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 9.29 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: 72 in
SWE DAY: 15
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 330.31 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 23.77 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: 158

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: 3
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 6.0

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
2021-12-18 07:00:06OBSERVATION20227815825.3900414.2100619.8000571.9650791666670.279999999999970.829999999999978.469.29TT-6.60996-33.6099615330.31202495778 23.7709310257890.1164186757743816 1213126WETL
2021-12-18 03:00:04OBSERVATION20227815825.3900414.2100619.8000571.9650791666670.279999999999970.829999999999978.469.29TT-6.60996-33.6099615330.31202495778 23.7709310257890.1164186757743816 1213126WETL
2021-12-17 11:00:02FORECAST20227815830.1719.7224.94574.2466055529880.07750.62758.469.0875TT-1.83-28.8315331.8582333575524.639347351610.27864598657804162213127.5WETL
2021-12-17 07:00:11FORECAST20227815829.8917.4323.6674.124362400330.03210.58218.469.0421TT-2.11-29.1115331.7756151997424.5926559366580.26685161060235162213127.5WETL
2021-12-17 03:00:10FORECAST20227815830.0717.9424.00574.1016816337670.02520.57528.469.0352TT-1.93-28.9315331.760283559324.583994911040.27440474144986162213127.5WETL
2021-12-16 23:00:02FORECAST20227815827.3917.2922.3474.0846123304780.02210.48218.468.9421TT-4.61-26.6115331.7487445475424.5774771309270.17377714379646161212124WETL
2021-12-16 19:00:01FORECAST20227815829.9116.3223.11574.060291681040.01620.47628.468.9362TT-2.09-24.0915331.7323026923924.5681910974210.26768563851372162212125WETL
2021-12-16 15:00:02FORECAST20227815829.8416.9123.37574.0530154703760.01410.47418.468.9341TT-2.16-24.1615331.7273834486524.565413058470.26477229355673162212125WETL
2021-12-16 11:00:03FORECAST20227815829.7517.6923.7274.6585509229780.01670.47678.468.9367TT-2.25-24.2515332.1364582450224.7968266812630.26105036813674162212125WETL
2021-12-16 07:00:08FORECAST20227815828.8919.0923.9975.0721210258450.01750.53758.468.9975TT-3.11-28.1115332.4154877760224.9551357291870.22688697954287161213126WETL
2021-12-16 03:00:06FORECAST20227815829.1220.5224.8275.0521538256460.01720.53728.468.9972TT-2.88-26.8815332.4020229392724.9474877575940.2357691826718161213126WETL
2021-12-15 23:00:04FORECAST20227815829.3221.8225.5774.1654317181490.04350.46358.468.9235TT-2.68-23.6815331.8033748010524.6083405376590.24364588274188161212124WETL
2021-12-15 19:00:03FORECAST20227815828.8821.1425.0174.0349899219860.01990.41998.468.8799TT-3.12-24.1215331.7151964849224.5585312287310.2265051191321161212124WETL
2021-12-15 15:00:04FORECAST20227815829.1821.1825.1874.0335462966420.01870.41878.468.8787TT-2.82-22.8215331.7142204344624.5579800957890.23811736675542161212124WETL
2021-12-15 11:00:02FORECAST20227815829.6122.1625.88575.2197907270010.0220.4428.468.902TT-2.39-22.3915332.5150473106125.0117122722830.25531456764162212125WETL
2021-12-15 07:00:08FORECAST20227815829.3821.9925.68574.826892863210.02280.45288.468.9128TT-2.62-22.6215332.2500713951224.8612404960760.24603626054002161212124WETL
2021-12-15 03:00:08FORECAST20227815829.2421.1725.20575.1342311219370.02430.51438.468.9743TT-2.76-24.7615332.4573672146524.9789286664960.24047828897674161213126WETL
2021-12-14 23:00:02FORECAST20227815829.3921.0425.21573.1577324223630.14060.64068.218.8506TT-2.61-22.6115331.1214131439424.2240917420990.24643587458536161213126WETL
2021-12-14 19:00:02FORECAST20227815829.7920.6325.2173.6081888957750.17510.73518.218.9451TT-2.21-22.2115331.4264758296824.3957026379320.26270123514379162213127.5WETL
2021-12-14 15:00:01FORECAST20227815830.0522.5926.3274.8319932741780.45490.94498.219.1549TT-1.95-21.9515332.253512879324.8631926411060.27356032729419162213127.5WETL
2021-12-14 11:00:03FORECAST20227815829.419.0424.2278.7260318953360.89741.48748.219.6974TT-2.6-22.615334.8680333474626.3628314740410.24683583566012161214128WETL
2021-12-14 07:00:05FORECAST20227815830.1319.1624.64578.4261927399810.69661.47668.219.6866TT-1.87-19.8715334.667634147926.2467083795160.27694566768281622141210WETL
2021-12-14 03:00:08FORECAST20227815829.0619.2624.1679.59566246710.69251.64258.249.8825TT-2.94-20.9415335.4483933684626.7002370936870.233433802671851612151210WETL
2021-12-13 23:00:03FORECAST20227815829.4518.9824.21577.8675394670840.51111.57117.889.4511TT-2.55-20.5515334.2938477313226.0306393818220.248840834529941612151210WETL
2021-12-13 19:00:02FORECAST20227815831.9619.2825.6277.9097467007930.50981.62987.929.5498TT-0.039999999999999-18.0415334.3221064761926.0469506320350.359433568681541622151212.5WETL
2021-12-13 15:00:04FORECAST20227815832.7720.5226.64578.7198398639650.65261.82268.029.8426TT0.77-11.2315334.8638964113726.3604323017260.398471965918711622151212.5WETL
2021-12-13 11:00:03FORECAST20227815830.6418.3624.581.138517912480.50071.850789.8507TT-1.36-19.3615336.47488993227.3010738838470.298995907681791622151212.5WETL
2021-12-13 07:00:08FORECAST20227815830.4216.0623.2479.9841263591670.67251.62258.029.6425TT-1.58-19.5815335.7072262028826.8512492002970.289386494494041622151212.5WETL
2021-12-13 03:00:08FORECAST20227815831.0616.8923.97580.3013829201790.67761.67768.169.8376TT-0.94-19.9415335.9184243358426.9747140225350.317731335172851622151212.5WETL
2021-12-12 23:00:02FORECAST20227815831.7516.0223.88569.7549821102310.18091.26097.979.2309TT-0.25-9.2515328.8056564978222.9358326867480.349529366727131622141210WETL
2021-12-12 19:00:05FORECAST20227815832.8817.6925.28567.2003737127170.18091.12097.878.9909TT0.88-4.1215327.0539054449521.9781446701050.403862647990291622141210WETL
2021-12-12 15:00:02FORECAST20227815833.5920.5527.0767.553116439060.18171.03177.918.9417TT1.59-1.4115327.2964657998722.1098962642710.439053875342371622141210WETL
2021-12-12 11:00:05FORECAST20227815834.7820.9227.8568.2845689976230.11530.71537.928.6353TT2.78-2.2215327.7987505251522.3835963975690.49898867647054162213127.5WETL
2021-12-12 07:00:06FORECAST20227815834.8220.9827.968.9199044326380.11530.78537.898.6753TT2.82-11.1815328.234275448922.6218748954540.50101132352946163213129WETL
2021-12-12 03:00:15FORECAST20227815834.5820.5227.5569.5827439826470.11620.79627.988.7762TT2.58-6.4215328.6879060457722.8710064165750.48887687080323162213127.5WETL
2021-12-11 23:00:03FORECAST20227815833.7218.8926.30553.7054167081680.01410.52417.047.5641TT1.72-5.2815317.609116496117.0573299517360.44555855065462162213127.5WETL
2021-12-11 19:00:04FORECAST20227815833.7618.9226.3455.9386919335460.01410.67417.358.0241TT1.76-4.2415319.1945708672117.8553267666010.44756302463203162213127.5WETL
2021-12-11 15:00:04FORECAST20227815833.5118.9326.2256.7448480040430.01420.60427.518.1142TT1.51-1.4915319.7646743725518.1449978443320.43505904788931162213127.5WETL
2021-12-11 11:00:07FORECAST20227815832.6221.7827.263.8947932196450.39731.20737.428.6273TT0.62-1.3815324.7702608617520.7511286616520.391152327930631622141210WETL
2021-12-11 07:00:05FORECAST20227815831.1422.7126.92567.8619351306270.3871.2478.099.337TT-0.86-15.8615327.5086438434122.2253703432210.32135550100031622141210WETL
2021-12-11 03:00:05FORECAST20227815831.1622.726.9369.9801995206140.3871.2478.719.957TT-0.84-11.8415328.9595484937223.0206548378020.322264222024341622141210WETL
2021-12-10 23:00:05FORECAST20227815833.9920.4127.267.00019640785700.819.079.88TT1.99-1.0115326.9161586364621.9034468375450.45911319442642162213127.5WETL
2021-12-10 19:00:04FORECAST20227815834.0220.2427.1366.09151084046500.838.799.62TT2.02-0.9815326.289988967121.5649983429540.4606224984029162213127.5WETL
2021-12-10 15:00:04FORECAST20227815832.4521.126.77566.9817529343850.00550.98558.699.6755TT0.45-2.5515326.9034637155521.896567039990.38290321846857162213127.5WETL
2021-12-10 11:00:03FORECAST20227815824.3817.1720.77568.92197482207500.788.479.25TT-7.62-19.6215328.2356935603622.6226522072740.093198600122326161213126WETL
2021-12-10 09:23:04FORECAST20227815821.5617.1819.3768.19727513388300.788.49.18TT-10.44-21.4415327.7388553037822.3508968872160.046504182390104161213126WETL
2021-12-10 07:00:10FORECAST20227815816.7215.8616.2996.02332286596500.88.619.41TT-15.28-14.2815346.1741868937333.240795715960.01082542574337161213126WETL
2021-12-10 03:00:10FORECAST20227815816.4215.8116.11597.16191310812800.88.689.48TT-15.58-13.5815346.9011311071833.7055775577480.0097791845137133161213126WETL