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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Wednesday, December 22, 2021

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DAY 83 OF WATER YEAR 2022, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 12/23/2021 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): 30.47°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 28.02°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 29.25°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.422
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: -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: 0.78 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 2.67 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 9.70 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 12.37 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: 83 in
SWE DAY: 10
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 333.01 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 27.78 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: 163

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 2
D1: 1
D2: 1
D3: 5
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 10.0

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
2021-12-23 07:00:07OBSERVATION20228316330.4728.0200229.2450183.4315916666670.779999999999972.679.712.37TT-1.53-78.5310333.00766797533 27.7833597763870.4217036259911916 21151210WETL
2021-12-23 03:00:06OBSERVATION20228316330.4728.0200229.2450183.4315916666670.779999999999972.679.712.37TT-1.53-78.5310333.00766797533 27.7833597763870.4217036259911916 21151210WETL
2021-12-22 11:00:01FORECAST20228316336.1527.7331.9482.7611146177960.7742.6649.712.364TT4.15-72.8510332.5561688885727.5227192102420.682398520292561631151212.5WETL
2021-12-22 07:00:09FORECAST20228316329.5127.7528.6384.6477081440780.83042.72049.712.4204TT-2.49-79.4910333.8246409586428.2574907791690.377859850018261621151210WETL
2021-12-22 03:00:03FORECAST20228316331.6328.1529.8985.51099269911.06362.95369.712.6536TT-0.37-77.3710334.403055903528.5951372719210.475955160435281621151210WETL
2021-12-21 23:00:01FORECAST20228316330.2327.7128.9788.5143428713651.20623.06629.712.7662TT-1.77-74.7710336.4054972959229.7767115314630.410628178070071621151210WETL
2021-12-21 19:00:02FORECAST20228316332.3627.7930.07588.2175604640191.16573.02579.712.7257TT0.36-72.6410336.2083012806129.6594761467280.510391923758661631151212.5WETL
2021-12-21 15:00:02FORECAST20228316331.9727.6829.82588.8027764671521.27473.13479.712.8347TT-0.030000000000001-73.0310336.5970035877829.8907484691190.491987499834781621151210WETL
2021-12-21 11:00:02FORECAST20228316332.8127.5530.1889.7126969934411.4133.2739.712.973TT0.81-72.1910337.2002292307130.2511419910930.531597841473261631151212.5WETL
2021-12-21 07:00:05FORECAST2022831633227.729.8589.6638133081371.49513.34519.713.0451TT0-7410337.1678575485430.2317558327370.493403118526351621151210WETL
2021-12-21 03:00:08FORECAST20228316332.0627.529.7890.143047104371.58173.48179.713.1817TT0.060000000000002-76.9410337.4850416648330.4219300078130.496234587332961621151210WETL
2021-12-20 23:00:02FORECAST20228316333.1627.0730.11585.975590846921.66692.43699.712.1369TT1.16-71.8410334.7138197925628.7772184212950.548032641481261631151212.5WETL
2021-12-20 19:00:02FORECAST20228316333.2727.0730.1785.6136737786651.54922.29929.711.9992TT1.27-72.7310334.4717695652428.6353569677310.553182253432281631151212.5WETL
2021-12-20 15:00:03FORECAST20228316333.9127.1430.52584.3899573687321.32372.07379.711.7737TT1.91-71.0910333.6516976564628.1568525412340.58293906400551631151212.5WETL
2021-12-20 11:00:02FORECAST20228316333.6826.8930.28585.953367708981.36322.15329.711.8532TT1.68-71.3210334.6989633633928.7685030697880.572290584945561631151212.5WETL
2021-12-20 07:00:10FORECAST20228316332.4427.2529.84586.0745253120351.1062.1369.711.836TT0.44-75.5610334.7799484706328.8160251485970.514165739249051631151212.5WETL
2021-12-20 03:00:08FORECAST20228316333.4226.9730.19588.0698140759521.16852.51859.712.2185TT1.42-74.5810336.1100762827229.6011519272730.560189858935491631151212.5WETL
2021-12-19 23:00:02FORECAST20228316333.2225.5929.40586.0621788619161.1992.6699.8212.489TT1.22-64.7810334.7716969008328.8111816565860.550842578951521631151212.5WETL
2021-12-19 19:00:02FORECAST20228316333.3824.3428.8687.1104616953581.33292.82299.8212.6429TT1.38-64.6210335.4713805083829.2230668416640.558322913988541631151212.5WETL
2021-12-19 15:00:03FORECAST20228316332.4725.1328.885.7827655347431.05852.60859.8212.4285TT0.47-62.5310334.5848858690628.7016168159750.515580611217551631151212.5WETL
2021-12-19 11:00:03FORECAST20228316330.6925.7128.285.6235277190250.99042.39049.8212.2104TT-1.31-64.3110334.4783628301528.6392173712010.431911039985851621151210WETL
2021-12-19 07:00:08FORECAST20228316333.5725.7729.6786.4541902283291.17072.45079.7712.2207TT1.57-61.4310335.0335656921828.9650556212270.567178658847761631151212.5WETL
2021-12-19 03:00:08FORECAST20228316332.0625.7828.9285.6984230462961.16542.46549.7712.2354TT0.060000000000002-67.9410334.5284698502728.6685623302590.496234587332961621151210WETL
2021-12-18 23:00:01FORECAST20228316332.8525.0928.9778.8505552771120.61631.93639.1311.0663TT0.85-58.1510329.9074232028126.0133835095830.5334793661111631151212.5WETL
2021-12-18 19:00:03FORECAST20228316332.5425.1228.8379.4096711868190.53481.93489.211.1348TT0.54-58.4610330.2877439217826.2280411418650.518881185611861631151212.5WETL
2021-12-18 15:00:03FORECAST20228316332.5925.1328.8679.6558725588220.51572.07579.1311.2057TT0.59-63.4110330.4550433275826.3226848177210.521237959793381631151212.5WETL
2021-12-18 11:00:03FORECAST20228316331.3623.2827.3281.1014753348090.50891.94899.211.1489TT-0.64-60.6410331.4352553361826.8798881857330.463250003312731621151210WETL
2021-12-18 07:00:08FORECAST20228316327.8523.3325.5981.1658033107150.4351.7959.5911.385TT-4.15-69.1510331.4787902691226.9047422926570.305904973555781621151210WETL
2021-12-18 03:00:06FORECAST20228316327.8923.3125.681.2036771530460.43591.745910.2612.0059TT-4.11-67.1110331.5044186394126.9193777860030.307566770210681621151210WETL
2021-12-17 23:00:02FORECAST20228316333.2823.3728.32584.2066196034550.36811.618110.2411.8581TT1.28-55.7210333.528614399328.0853171595890.553649968956391631151212.5WETL
2021-12-17 19:00:03FORECAST20228316330.22829.184.3229876826340.47161.901610.0311.9316TT-1.8-57.810333.6067444035428.1307173991830.409248552164311621151210WETL
2021-12-17 15:00:04FORECAST20228316332.2327.1629.69584.6563055795630.47161.751610.1911.9416TT0.23-57.7710333.8304076376728.2608490007240.504257639032371631151212.5WETL
2021-12-17 11:00:03FORECAST20228316333.9426.4130.17588.0892833116051.34762.287610.4112.6976TT1.94-54.0610336.123021960929.6088361090670.584323696953471631151212.5WETL
2021-12-17 07:00:12FORECAST20228316333.8726.4830.17587.7890874573561.34762.377610.1512.5276TT1.87-61.1310335.9233415592729.4904036111140.581091288471711631151212.5WETL
2021-12-17 03:00:12FORECAST20228316333.3225.3829.3586.5792890911311.29612.146110.1812.3261TT1.32-60.6810335.1170785250129.0141984209920.555520078389111631151212.5WETL
2021-12-16 23:00:03FORECAST20228316332.5822.527.5484.8582803336070.18431.044310.1911.2343TT0.58-63.4210333.9658447870528.3397672787890.520766661714391631141210WETL
2021-12-16 19:00:03FORECAST20228316332.422.1227.2686.4249523245820.14580.985810.4911.4758TT0.4-54.610335.0140433819828.9535727273530.51227896893548163113127.5WETL
2021-12-16 15:00:05FORECAST20228316331.4822.0426.7683.4053034443070.14580.86589.6810.5458TT-0.52-58.5210332.9899799715527.7731303234410.46889288888367162113126WETL
2021-12-16 11:00:04FORECAST20228316330.1320.1225.12584.5556932898070.21090.70099.6210.3209TT-1.87-63.8710333.7629146522328.2215546428460.406033820354162113126WETL
2021-12-16 07:00:09FORECAST20228316330.8322.1326.4888.8132692680660.32350.903510.0510.9535TT-1.17-70.1710336.6039676677929.8948988171790.43843086451126162113126WETL
2021-12-16 03:00:08FORECAST20228316330.8921.9126.489.3440856352880.32350.903510.1311.0335TT-1.11-64.1110336.9560288121430.1050282935190.44123030492546162113126WETL
2021-12-15 23:00:05FORECAST20228316332.6725.4229.04586.7992635473520.44360.69369.39.9936TT0.67-59.3310335.2638635610629.100656451140.5250072202075163113127.5WETL
2021-12-15 19:00:05FORECAST20228316331.0924.9628.02586.720760245560.26920.50929.479.9792TT-0.91-61.9110335.2114891176929.0697951793320.4505822230778162113126WETL
2021-12-15 15:00:06FORECAST20228316331.1326.0628.59586.0536113085220.14770.38779.569.9477TT-0.87-60.8710334.7659707494228.8078207261910.45245607396424162112124WETL
2021-12-15 11:00:02FORECAST20228316323.6420.7122.17586.75696098818300.239.549.77TT-8.36-75.3610335.2356421859329.0840255309740.15728041031943161112123WETL
2021-12-15 07:00:09FORECAST20228316321.8421.1321.48587.6694121730350.00350.26359.719.9735TT-10.16-78.1610335.8436950416529.4432193263210.11144629996299161112123WETL
2021-12-15 03:00:10FORECAST20228316321.4821.1221.389.914754603520.00290.262910.2710.5329TT-10.52-75.5210337.3339928887430.3313031900160.10355957042875161112123WETL