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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Tuesday, December 21, 2021

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DAY 82 OF WATER YEAR 2022, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 12/22/2021 07:00:08 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): 33.86°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 29.50°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 31.68°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.569
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: 2
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: -73

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: 0.24 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 1.90 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 10.74 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 12.64 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: 81 in
SWE DAY: 11
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 332.68 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 27.10 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: 162

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 3
D1: 1
D2: 1
D3: 5
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 12.5

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
2021-12-22 07:00:08OBSERVATION20228216233.8599429.4999831.6799681.451608750.240000000000011.910.7412.64TT1.85994-73.1400611332.68187362981 27.0974738091120.5687509290027916 31151212.5WETL
2021-12-22 03:00:03OBSERVATION20228216233.8599429.4999831.6799681.451608750.240000000000011.910.7412.64TT1.85994-73.1400611332.68187362981 27.0974738091120.5687509290027916 31151212.5WETL
2021-12-21 11:00:02FORECAST20228216237.6831.0634.3784.2530437656170.20991.869910.7412.6099TT5.68-69.3211334.5623732303828.1878982741080.722334114202241641151215WETL
2021-12-21 07:00:04FORECAST20228216237.3830.1633.7783.7793428244280.19831.858310.7412.5983TT5.38-69.6211334.2453346027328.0028544751480.711260556706241641151215WETL
2021-12-21 03:00:08FORECAST20228216233.5129.2931.483.8584485569770.24721.907210.7412.6472TT1.51-73.4911334.2983050333528.0337372153240.553707371922111631151212.5WETL
2021-12-20 23:00:01FORECAST20228216237.8830.1834.0379.4472661801250.30220.782210.7411.5222TT5.88-69.1211331.3281972783426.3231194821530.72959952063141164113129WETL
2021-12-20 19:00:01FORECAST20228216237.2630.1333.69579.3666472808680.27530.755310.7411.4953TT5.26-69.7411331.2736052467926.2920753810830.70677370561168164113129WETL
2021-12-20 15:00:02FORECAST20228216238.3531.3634.85579.0735187696860.28250.762510.7411.5025TT6.35-68.6511331.0750155990926.1792664601490.74629105021155164113129WETL
2021-12-20 11:00:02FORECAST20228216238.2931.1234.70580.1618381446260.31540.795410.7411.5354TT6.29-68.7111331.8115896952826.5986269476640.74419070995309164113129WETL
2021-12-20 07:00:09FORECAST20228216235.4431.1533.29581.347166439780.30631.036310.7411.7763TT3.44-71.5611332.6115063122527.0570035637680.635141920895371631141210WETL
2021-12-20 03:00:07FORECAST20228216235.4731.3433.40582.9798756102230.31071.360710.7412.1007TT3.47-71.5311333.7094011585727.69116459810.636370772711171631141210WETL
2021-12-19 23:00:02FORECAST2022821623731.2434.1280.9018736304880.30871.598710.7412.3387TT5-6211332.3112836728726.8846054776880.696943069914231631151212.5WETL
2021-12-19 19:00:02FORECAST20228216237.330.7934.04581.2080716959620.37071.620710.7412.3607TT5.3-61.711332.5177631563927.0031263505850.708272907480821641151215WETL
2021-12-19 15:00:03FORECAST20228216237.1429.9233.5380.7472296825410.37171.681710.7412.4217TT5.14-58.8611332.20694109526.8247901747320.702254831101911641151215WETL
2021-12-19 11:00:02FORECAST20228216236.9529.5533.2580.7201671258560.31681.526810.7412.2668TT4.95-59.0511332.1886770202726.8143255263930.695035800225721631151212.5WETL
2021-12-19 07:00:08FORECAST20228216237.263033.6380.8063053063620.31171.361710.7412.1017TT5.26-58.7411332.2468059013526.8476368347280.706773705611681641141212WETL
2021-12-19 03:00:07FORECAST20228216237.13033.5580.3457579486930.3131.38310.7412.123TT5.1-63.911331.9358655427426.6696387073870.700741517732111641141212WETL
2021-12-18 23:00:01FORECAST20228216236.229.132.6575.9230759625670.27511.425110.0711.4951TT4.2-54.811328.9312830243924.9734747875250.665814104078611631141210WETL
2021-12-18 19:00:03FORECAST20228216235.4629.9932.72576.7598635495110.32171.581710.0711.6517TT3.46-54.5411329.5023529183225.2925556492530.635961310507841631151212.5WETL
2021-12-18 15:00:03FORECAST20228216235.0428.1631.677.0254304964890.32511.665110.0711.7351TT3.04-59.9611329.6833368320425.3940009470070.618629087142551631151212.5WETL
2021-12-18 11:00:03FORECAST2022821623428.931.4578.6450596472640.31681.616810.0711.6868TT2-5611330.7844755918426.0145648133090.574745383702091631151212.5WETL
2021-12-18 07:00:08FORECAST20228216231.5227.229.3678.6541423271290.30521.615210.3811.9952TT-0.48-61.4811330.7906378777426.0180539121180.467332124625041621151210WETL
2021-12-18 03:00:06FORECAST20228216234.3727.2630.81578.8224325486280.371.611.0212.62TT2.37-58.6311330.9047912881926.0827205913310.590494690540551631151212.5WETL
2021-12-17 23:00:02FORECAST20228216234.5726.7830.67582.1823249290480.17241.692410.8512.5424TT2.57-53.4311333.1736670065127.3809865597310.598949121700991631151212.5WETL
2021-12-17 19:00:03FORECAST20228216234.6729.333281.6603731433660.23641.766410.7412.5064TT2.67-52.3311332.8224713269427.1784071990550.603159293264581631151212.5WETL
2021-12-17 15:00:03FORECAST20228216234.6729.1831.92581.9707994749150.18541.545410.9712.5154TT2.67-54.3311333.0313980423427.298849947780.603159293264581631151212.5WETL
2021-12-17 11:00:03FORECAST20228216235.7926.3431.06582.0527595076060.11431.514310.8912.4043TT3.79-52.2111333.0865322470327.3306691256880.64938907962881631151212.5WETL
2021-12-17 07:00:12FORECAST20228216229.7727.0128.3981.0353693128090.10591.525910.712.2259TT-2.23-59.2311332.4013239717626.9362640481180.392496720117541621151210WETL
2021-12-17 03:00:12FORECAST20228216229.7927.0228.40580.99087765110.09711.437110.6412.0771TT-2.21-58.2111332.3713185840726.9190447981770.39333528932219162114128WETL
2021-12-16 23:00:03FORECAST20228216232.6625.3328.99583.4960067952250.2881.67810.4212.098TT0.66-60.3411334.0555210294527.8923020538570.516886273834861631151212.5WETL
2021-12-16 19:00:03FORECAST20228216233.4625.8829.6785.2326759066960.26272.182710.212.3827TT1.46-50.5411335.2168126511328.5714259511690.551551076123571631151212.5WETL
2021-12-16 15:00:05FORECAST20228216232.5525.929.22582.1124304356450.31321.223210.2311.4532TT0.55-54.4511333.1266654356327.3538401418420.512103903189511631141210WETL
2021-12-16 11:00:04FORECAST20228216231.9121.126.50582.4301072667820.16341.22349.9411.1634TT-0.09-58.0911333.3402246425727.477270473620.48426659169919162114128WETL
2021-12-16 07:00:09FORECAST20228216232.1821.5926.88585.829130081830.1941.60410.0811.684TT0.18-64.8211335.6144746962728.8054984060510.496008948574831621151210WETL
2021-12-16 03:00:07FORECAST20228216232.1921.6226.90586.2350488936620.1941.66410.111.764TT0.19-58.8111335.8847605725328.9650387506080.496443979868331621151210WETL
2021-12-15 23:00:05FORECAST20228216233.3325.1129.2283.0705366250130.0490.7699.8310.599TT1.33-55.6711333.7702316952927.7264722563820.54593773246743163113127.5WETL
2021-12-15 19:00:04FORECAST20228216233.0125.1729.0984.2160751177640.04840.80849.9510.7584TT1.01-56.9911334.5376445699728.1734474048240.53208343458306163113127.5WETL
2021-12-15 15:00:06FORECAST20228216233.0525.229.12584.703908707340.04840.90849.9410.8484TT1.05-55.9511334.863774063328.3642705476530.53381769724673163113127.5WETL
2021-12-15 11:00:02FORECAST20228216229.7519.6124.6886.7569609881830.14720.87729.9410.8172TT-2.25-63.2511336.2318727088429.1704554635840.39165864959385162113126WETL
2021-12-15 07:00:09FORECAST20228216230.0821.6825.8887.6272735158450.17610.806110.2111.0161TT-1.92-63.9211336.8096757747529.5137135818970.40554828631471162113126WETL
2021-12-15 03:00:09FORECAST20228216230.0421.6825.8689.876793440930.17610.926110.6511.5761TT-1.96-60.9611338.2972347667630.405070690770.40385796716186162113126WETL
2021-12-14 23:00:03FORECAST20228216233.3821.2327.30588.3384280638520.03950.729510.8511.5795TT1.38-55.6211337.2808660351229.7948615215570.54809785925034163113127.5WETL
2021-12-14 19:00:03FORECAST20228216233.6419.4926.56588.77011276307100.6510.9811.63TT1.64-58.3611337.5664728683829.9658138615580.55930615737319163113127.5WETL
2021-12-14 15:00:02FORECAST20228216233.6419.6326.63591.20188660042200.5811.5612.14TT1.64-54.3611339.1695205361630.9329001502580.55930615737319163113127.5WETL
2021-12-14 11:00:04FORECAST20228216227.1223.0625.09103.403868279630.37811.538111.713.2381TT-4.88-63.8811347.0653727074835.8879020838660.287121780137941621151210WETL
2021-12-14 07:00:06FORECAST20228216224.6522.9323.79100.361840843060.08161.241611.6912.9316TT-7.35-63.3511345.1197292591334.6368513397060.20292284763388161114126WETL
2021-12-14 03:00:09FORECAST20228216222.4421.8922.165100.633833473260.01951.209511.9413.1495TT-9.56-64.5611345.2943050499434.7482895936610.14177361955876161114126WETL