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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Thursday, February 4, 2021

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DAY 127 OF WATER YEAR 2021, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 02/05/2021 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:

DRY

MODEL VARIABLES AND OUTPUT:
Temperature at Paradise MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmax): 28.94°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 22.25°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 25.59°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.268
Maximum Percentile on this day is based on 92 years of historic (1917-2017) records:

DEBRIS FLOW HAZARD MODEL:


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Degree Days above 32°F
(DD32)
TODAY'S DD32: -3
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: -53

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: 0.35 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 1.56 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 2.34 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 3.90 in

PRECIP THRESHOLD A (PA) EXCEEDED: True
P3 > (-0.67 * P15 + 2.5)

PRECIP THRESHOLD B (PB) EXCEEDED: False
P3 > (-0.67 * P15 + 4.5)
Snow at Paradise DEPTH: 132 in
SWE DAY: 35
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 384.93 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 50.79 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: -157

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
2021-02-05 07:00:08OBSERVATION2021127-15728.9422.2499425.59497131.932150833330.350000000000021.562.343.9TF-3.06-53.0635384.93410641024 50.785184587810.2678623214482792 21151210DRYL
2021-02-05 03:00:07OBSERVATION2021127-15728.9422.2499425.59497131.932150833330.350000000000021.562.343.9TF-3.06-53.0635384.93410641024 50.785184587810.2678623214482792 21151210DRYL
2021-02-04 11:00:02FORECAST2021127-15729.322.5225.91140.759808496690.70971.91972.344.2597TF-2.7-52.735389.6561438290354.8479241849330.280595221072339221151210WETL
2021-02-04 07:00:07FORECAST2021127-15729.9222.6626.29140.848053417530.69261.90262.344.2426TF-2.08-52.0835389.7028148133854.8888828777980.303186193884419221151210WETL
2021-02-04 02:55:21FORECAST2021127-15728.5522.5325.54140.395300104390.57151.78152.344.1215TF-3.45-53.4535389.4632516997154.6788101020140.254404306658559221151210WETL
2021-02-03 22:55:40FORECAST2021127-15728.6322.5425.585126.097755308830.55111.40112.343.7411TF-3.37-49.3735381.7545861323348.1383963901380.25713578583331922114128DRYL
2021-02-03 19:02:23FORECAST2021127-15728.7823.225.99125.875610228240.48931.33932.343.6793TF-3.22-49.2235381.6325919914948.0382353999150.26229805501893922114128DRYL
2021-02-03 14:55:41FORECAST2021127-15728.6323.3726125.7402600590.44851.29852.343.6385TF-3.37-49.3735381.5582287606747.9772309120190.25713578583331922114128DRYL
2021-02-03 11:00:04FORECAST2021127-1572923.5526.275125.846105816170.43861.28862.343.6286TF-3-4935381.6163840436548.0249358475410.2699641244358922114128DRYL
2021-02-03 07:00:08FORECAST2021127-15727.7723.4725.62126.718761848730.51431.39432.343.7343TF-4.23-52.2335382.0952557805148.4186377207810.22858803873901921114126DRYL
2021-02-03 03:00:07FORECAST2021127-15728.523.2825.89127.154394755460.52921.48922.343.8292TF-3.5-52.535382.3339133039348.6154373406480.25270487562592922114128DRYL
2021-02-02 23:02:25FORECAST2021127-15728.3323.2625.795125.106637297320.55011.37012.343.7101TF-3.67-52.6735381.2097675896447.6918721280310.24697176159105921114126DRYL
2021-02-02 19:00:05FORECAST2021127-15728.7823.8526.315125.065585532850.56371.37372.343.7137TF-3.22-52.2235381.187171847.6733968387780.26229805501893922114128DRYL
2021-02-02 15:00:06FORECAST2021127-15729.0123.3326.17125.384306697650.60981.41982.343.7598TF-2.99-51.9935381.3625410563647.8168778108050.27031522467454922114128DRYL
2021-02-02 11:00:06FORECAST2021127-15728.6523.4226.035129.666873642410.62811.45812.343.7981TF-3.35-52.3535383.7052103628149.7538550280480.2578210273413922114128DRYL
2021-02-02 07:00:08FORECAST2021127-15728.8723.2926.08130.302410057490.66111.62112.343.9611TF-3.13-52.1335384.0506980492750.0427315400820.265420666216689221151210DRYL
2021-02-02 03:00:07FORECAST2021127-15729.4624.2126.835131.182736998330.4761.7562.334.086TF-2.54-52.5435384.5283373887550.4434797520740.28634669076349221151210WETL
2021-02-01 23:00:06FORECAST2021127-15729.6324.0526.84132.170987528610.45641.93642.54.4364TF-2.37-51.3735385.0632619688650.8941915954130.292518201768239221151210WETL
2021-02-01 19:00:06FORECAST2021127-15728.9324.1126.52132.412047496710.42142.06142.54.5614TF-3.07-52.0735385.1935403804551.0042653642810.267512822969789221151210WETL
2021-02-01 15:00:05FORECAST2021127-15729.4724.0426.755130.689095854610.33621.64622.54.1462TF-2.53-50.5335384.260633853850.2186748108720.286708005767939221151210WETL
2021-02-01 11:00:06FORECAST2021127-15729.1423.8326.485133.239089597640.49161.80162.54.3016TF-2.86-50.8635385.6399010652851.382309330460.274900170782259221151210WETL
2021-02-01 07:00:07FORECAST2021127-15731.7823.8627.82135.225402284750.45891.92892.644.5689TF-0.22-50.2235386.7081060430552.2927592064470.375310202059449221151210WETL
2021-02-01 03:00:07FORECAST2021127-15730.7523.3427.045136.151001418990.49261.94262.744.6826TF-1.25-53.2535387.2040395862252.7182177431420.33463374905559221151210WETL
2021-01-31 23:00:06FORECAST2021127-15731.1623.5127.335137.903500731180.45871.92873.445.3687TF-0.84-48.8435388.1398363576553.5258422069470.350625348267249221151210WETL
2021-01-31 19:00:06FORECAST2021127-15728.9623.126.03139.62384984280.50222.02223.595.6122TF-3.04-51.0435389.0544228804654.321276320940.268562006823659221151210WETL
2021-01-31 15:00:05FORECAST2021127-15727.9123.1125.51139.232097485010.50651.85653.635.4865TF-4.09-53.0935388.8465074563854.1399148328720.23311071161239921115127.5WETL
2021-01-31 11:00:06FORECAST2021127-15728.5823.6626.12144.90504412880.97192.53193.536.0619TT-3.42-53.4235391.8372199414956.779189646930.255426828729159221151210WETL
2021-01-31 07:00:07FORECAST2021127-15730.7923.126.945149.274296554991.36343.00343.646.6434TT-1.21-50.2135394.1114414235558.8307081827710.33618134452949221151210WETL
2021-01-31 03:00:07FORECAST2021127-15731.5623.0127.285151.438637619271.3683.15847.158TT-0.44-50.4435395.2286802230559.852892881040.36648639844279221151210WETL
2021-01-30 23:00:05FORECAST2021127-15730.9923.5727.28150.030881761140.98412.98414.377.3541TT-1.01-52.0135394.5026912234559.1875866213990.343960555029019221151210WETL
2021-01-30 19:00:06FORECAST2021127-15731.0923.7427.415149.684816674091.04343.06344.17.1634TT-0.91-52.9135394.3238253062159.0242895011860.347875312307989221151210WETL
2021-01-30 15:00:06FORECAST2021127-15731.4522.5827.015146.627937351641.06162.781646.7816TT-0.55-49.5535392.7370110803757.5862178563620.362100478860719221151210WETL
2021-01-30 11:00:06FORECAST2021127-15730.0822.9326.505145.105610155611.44312.34313.866.2031TT-1.92-51.9235391.9421693570356.8730076302660.309145401471179221151210WETL
2021-01-30 07:02:20FORECAST2021127-15730.0824.427.24148.80085570181.44312.76313.956.7131TT-1.92-50.9235393.8662301691958.6076320812180.309145401471179221151210WETL
2021-01-30 02:55:50FORECAST2021127-15731.3422.7927.065151.469202823371.64192.84194.167.0019TT-0.66-52.6635395.2444141255459.8673563279840.357732583394979221151210WETL
2021-01-29 23:00:06FORECAST2021127-15732.9526.429.675141.902232668010.31771.29774.225.5177TF0.95-49.0535390.2595410990355.3787002019460.42323265702464922114128WETL
2021-01-29 19:00:07FORECAST2021127-15733.2926.429.845138.016212894540.31770.88773.774.6577TF1.29-46.7135388.1998797678153.5778772516710.4374093286526922113126WETL
2021-01-29 15:00:06FORECAST2021127-15731.5427.1429.34138.861762993360.50280.96283.84.7628TF-0.46-50.4635388.6497688538653.968592090010.36568764146631922113126WETL
2021-01-29 11:00:06FORECAST2021127-15731.7124.9728.34143.313446958021.43721.72723.745.4672TF-0.29-54.2935391.0024927186156.035915000680.372495294789479221151210WETL
2021-01-29 06:56:01FORECAST2021127-15729.5524.8927.22144.002506289841.45931.74933.645.3893TF-2.45-57.4535391.3642902469356.3574386679020.289606270536949221151210WETL
2021-01-29 03:00:07FORECAST2021127-15732.7425.6229.18143.719418595861.45671.73673.725.4567TF0.74-54.2635391.2157288391256.2252970943140.414524659928169221151210WETL
2021-01-28 23:00:06FORECAST2021127-15731.8323.1127.47144.426050357190.62280.85284.275.1228TF-0.17-52.1735391.5863622881356.5552716790150.3773249313643922113126WETL
2021-01-28 19:00:06FORECAST2021127-15731.9823.127.54141.785341918870.23650.46654.324.7865TF-0.02-58.0235390.1978829743255.3243402535320.38338897294714922112124WETL
2021-01-28 15:00:06FORECAST2021127-1573223.8827.94140.681937365310.02350.22354.424.6435TF0-5635389.6149506462154.81178608340.38419971048252922112124WETL
2021-01-28 11:00:07FORECAST2021127-15727.9125.6626.785143.460960974650.26940.43944.665.0994TF-4.09-57.0935391.0799997144456.1047125770.23311071161239921112123WETL
2021-01-28 07:00:07FORECAST2021127-15727.5626.0626.81145.025096714620.20690.37695.015.3869TF-4.44-57.4435391.900045820956.8353420476420.22189720445181921112123WETL
2021-01-28 03:00:07FORECAST2021127-15726.9826.2426.61143.843588353360.11170.28174.915.1917TF-5.02-62.0235391.280904957656.283249423250.20400901250403921112123WETL