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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Friday, December 24, 2021

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DAY 85 OF WATER YEAR 2022, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 12/25/2021 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): 23.69°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 17.57°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 20.63°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.127
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: -8
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: -86

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: 0.93 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 2.41 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 10.20 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 12.61 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: 99 in
SWE DAY: 8
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 341.12 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 33.66 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: 165

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 1
D1: 1
D2: 1
D3: 5
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 7.5

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
2021-12-25 07:00:06OBSERVATION20228516523.6899417.5699420.6299498.6727029166670.930000000000062.410000000000110.212.61TT-8.31006-86.310068341.12222384848 33.6594518520740.1270831148785716 1115127.5WETL
2021-12-25 03:00:05OBSERVATION20228516523.6899417.5699420.6299498.6727029166670.930000000000062.410000000000110.212.61TT-8.31006-86.310068341.12222384848 33.6594518520740.1270831148785716 1115127.5WETL
2021-12-24 11:00:02FORECAST20228516522.919.8821.3993.5989105127390.48221.962210.212.1622TT-9.1-87.18337.7916020531331.6169259325260.10803804523902161115127.5WETL
2021-12-24 07:00:05FORECAST20228516526.4520.5523.593.6583615371590.59172.071710.212.2717TT-5.55-83.558337.8308769129231.6406864083260.21113455684575161115127.5WETL
2021-12-24 03:00:03FORECAST20228516525.4619.3222.3995.5413361578971.01652.496510.212.6965TT-6.54-84.548339.0717541795832.3953684477190.17784119607627161115127.5WETL
2021-12-23 23:00:01FORECAST20228516525.5320.9623.24587.4928136304591.08742.307410.212.5074TT-6.47-87.478333.7260083369629.1986274510630.18008070033893161115127.5WETL
2021-12-23 19:00:01FORECAST20228516524.7321.4523.0988.1603363367881.15482.374810.212.5748TT-7.27-88.278334.1735378650329.4608514930360.15553877127912161115127.5WETL
2021-12-23 15:00:01FORECAST20228516525.3621.323.3387.2487544728220.98652.206510.212.4065TT-6.64-87.648333.5621933989629.1028859132820.17467245210533161115127.5WETL
2021-12-23 11:00:02FORECAST20228516525.8120.4623.13589.674361843430.96152.181510.212.3815TT-6.19-87.198335.1857832792530.0575712145570.18921423146878161115127.5WETL
2021-12-23 07:00:09FORECAST20228516526.5820.9923.78591.3727040284970.94992.399910.212.5999TT-5.42-87.428336.3166361328830.7301604532290.21576201923157161115127.5WETL
2021-12-23 03:00:08FORECAST20228516525.8720.9523.4191.5226232406460.91562.645610.212.8456TT-6.13-84.138336.4162267543130.7896955732740.19120782067045161115127.5WETL
2021-12-22 23:00:02FORECAST20228516526.1920.623.39589.8881833214560.94852.748510.212.9485TT-5.81-75.818335.3284263535330.1420630609610.20205574266318161115127.5WETL
2021-12-22 19:00:02FORECAST20228516526.320.6723.48589.9289269321970.96252.772510.212.9725TT-5.7-76.78335.3555981570530.1581690829680.20586798424455161115127.5WETL
2021-12-22 15:00:02FORECAST20228516525.3221.4623.3989.6509542935520.95482.904810.213.1048TT-6.68-77.688335.1701630947330.0483249721680.17341503017472161115127.5WETL
2021-12-22 11:00:02FORECAST20228516525.0321.1223.07591.2962673953740.91522.825210.213.0252TT-6.97-77.978336.2658450414130.6998165048320.16447125906453161115127.5WETL
2021-12-22 07:00:11FORECAST20228516527.5920.9724.2895.0660573427720.80632.756310.212.9563TT-4.41-81.418338.7591059235232.2044925891110.253654809627981621151210WETL
2021-12-22 03:00:04FORECAST20228516526.9521.2724.1196.9469882203830.95893.158910.213.3589TT-5.05-80.058339.9942154841532.961415203540.22924912769688161115127.5WETL
2021-12-21 23:00:02FORECAST20228516525.421.0823.24100.618189159941.03483.394810.1713.5648TT-6.6-79.68342.3879702905634.4504575607830.17593563353252161115127.5WETL
2021-12-21 19:00:03FORECAST20228516525.6220.9323.275100.488383270251.09583.335810.1713.5058TT-6.38-77.388342.3037123065934.3975466370940.18298589252001161115127.5WETL
2021-12-21 15:00:03FORECAST20228516527.8221.4324.625100.907214204290.97773.377710.1713.5477TT-4.18-75.188342.5754788692234.5683372273920.262747140848971621151210WETL
2021-12-21 11:00:03FORECAST20228516526.3520.1523.25102.936240510741.00733.627310.1713.7973TT-5.65-76.658343.8879666942535.3985344483890.20761480562038161115127.5WETL
2021-12-21 07:00:05FORECAST20228516525.8221.8623.84103.812120483931.1343.90410.1614.064TT-6.18-79.188344.452448045135.758339037440.18954560661801161115127.5WETL
2021-12-21 03:00:08FORECAST20228516526.6817.8622.27104.718651987871.16593.975910.2114.1859TT-5.32-81.328345.0353624847936.1316380475530.21936119319566161115127.5WETL
2021-12-20 23:00:02FORECAST20228516527.4621.5324.49599.9432694668651.02923.93929.0813.0192TT-4.54-75.548341.9495713694634.1755581554570.24858963191801161115127.5WETL
2021-12-20 19:00:04FORECAST20228516527.9420.1424.0499.8893014762270.87023.80029.0612.8602TT-4.06-77.068341.9144836135734.1535989327640.267556200167791621151210WETL
2021-12-20 15:00:04FORECAST20228516527.0221.1324.07596.6948826948670.6043.1949.0612.254TT-4.98-74.988339.8290131340132.8597265613060.23185280183968161115127.5WETL
2021-12-20 11:00:03FORECAST20228516522.9520.0521.599.3974190808730.78733.26739.112.3673TT-9.05-81.058341.5944602263933.9536077188270.10917915680197161115127.5WETL
2021-12-20 07:00:10FORECAST20228516527.820.0823.9499.1619142232780.77562.95569.3412.2956TT-4.2-81.28341.4410969142533.8579527645130.261949945504741621151210WETL
2021-12-20 03:00:08FORECAST20228516527.8120.123.955100.992346653980.77563.01569.6612.6756TT-4.19-80.198342.6306833613534.6030767483210.262348388310891621151210WETL
2021-12-19 23:00:03FORECAST20228516525.0320.6422.83596.2159360706920.8912.6319.912.531TT-6.97-68.978339.5148724338232.6667412611420.16447125906453161115127.5WETL
2021-12-19 19:00:02FORECAST20228516528.5419.7424.1497.6913295056550.90482.75489.9212.6748TT-3.46-69.468340.48135844133.2620765779930.292246950782251621151210WETL
2021-12-19 15:00:03FORECAST20228516528.5519.7624.15595.4659346652150.91312.37319.9812.3531TT-3.45-67.458339.0221787007432.3650691619040.292667279335461621151210WETL
2021-12-19 11:00:03FORECAST20228516530.8123.0526.9398.5159250965261.47622.87629.8312.7062TT-1.19-64.198341.0199505540133.59589590520.393888130654111621151210WETL
2021-12-19 07:00:08FORECAST20228516530.8223.1626.9999.2594870650211.47623.05629.6612.7162TT-1.18-61.188341.5046485356333.8975762439670.394358759938951621151210WETL
2021-12-19 03:00:08FORECAST20228516530.5622.6826.62101.002777626781.62123.25129.6812.9312TT-1.44-68.448342.6374465482934.6073338203240.382174419444441621151210WETL
2021-12-18 23:00:02FORECAST20228516528.8923.0525.9793.3694466070641.33172.52179.0611.5817TT-3.11-61.118337.6399567232931.5252559116860.307122287131191621151210WETL
2021-12-18 19:00:04FORECAST20228516529.1523.1626.15594.8520104032841.3342.4949.2111.704TT-2.85-62.858338.6181780964332.1186149515430.318383495922791621151210WETL
2021-12-18 15:00:03FORECAST20228516529.1623.1826.1795.5164417137381.3342.4849.311.784TT-2.84-67.848339.0553874634432.3853641543810.318820075890431621151210WETL
2021-12-18 11:00:03FORECAST20228516527.1921.1224.15590.6272800131940.56151.77159.2511.0215TT-4.81-65.818335.8208910403630.4345339265950.23824394631811161115127.5WETL
2021-12-18 07:00:09FORECAST20228516530.5821.2825.9391.3760468980910.59611.72619.5611.2861TT-1.42-67.428336.3188571986930.73148766810.383107716352151621151210WETL
2021-12-18 03:00:06FORECAST20228516530.5321.3325.9392.0399771224640.59291.752910.1811.9329TT-1.47-65.478336.7596113862630.9953469277610.380775757928251621151210WETL
2021-12-17 23:00:03FORECAST20228516526.7422.6324.68590.2502766712440.43281.052810.111.1528TT-5.26-52.268335.5698069040830.2852679156090.22153712467752161114126WETL
2021-12-17 19:00:04FORECAST20228516526.2522.5924.4288.5875362943310.21980.969810.0711.0398TT-5.75-54.758334.4595490542329.6289474408280.20412989473343161113124.5WETL
2021-12-17 15:00:04FORECAST20228516529.9622.1426.0587.6969074019790.11840.868410.0810.9484TT-2.04-52.048333.8629201628729.2787455944770.35451590686185162113126WETL
2021-12-17 11:00:04FORECAST20228516528.0822.5225.399.9932223786340.37542.69549.9612.6554TT-3.92-55.928341.9820444010434.1958866152930.273222236974911621151210WETL
2021-12-17 07:00:13FORECAST20228516523.6622.5123.08599.2690665294710.29752.61759.7912.4075TT-8.34-67.348341.5108870303333.9014669651520.12632129716488161115127.5WETL
2021-12-17 03:00:13FORECAST20228516527.0226.2726.64596.4892474187780.16532.41539.6412.0553TT-4.98-61.988339.6941839389832.7768361608080.23185280183968161115127.5WETL