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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Monday, December 12, 2022

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DAY 73 OF WATER YEAR 2023, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 12/13/2022 07:00:14 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): 25.26°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 17.47°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 21.37°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.202
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: -75

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: 0.02 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 0.45 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 7.36 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 7.81 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: 75 in
SWE DAY: 20
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 337.44 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 25.34 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: 153

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: 2
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 4.0

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
2022-12-13 07:00:14OBSERVATION20237315325.2600817.4700421.3650675.10811750.0199999999999820.449999999999987.367.81TT-6.73992-74.7399220337.43589120495 25.3441745653380.2021304819258316 1212124WETL
2022-12-13 03:00:09OBSERVATION20237315325.2600817.4700421.3650675.10811750.0199999999999820.449999999999987.367.81TT-6.73992-74.7399220337.43589120495 25.3441745653380.2021304819258316 1212124WETL
2022-12-12 11:00:03FORECAST20237315330.6421.7126.17577.0223680223620.00510.43517.367.7951TT-1.36-69.3620338.6992450119726.0874178982080.40087512556987162212125WETL
2022-12-12 07:00:22FORECAST20237315330.3820.8825.6377.1005613806640.00320.43327.367.7932TT-1.62-69.6220338.7507200549126.1178706843370.39002561428224162212125WETL
2022-12-12 03:00:14FORECAST20237315324.5921.0422.81577.1100237307480.00550.43557.367.7955TT-7.41-75.4120338.7569484695326.1215563354410.18229111128453161212124WETL
2022-12-11 23:00:01FORECAST20237315330.4521.3625.90579.0282672243630.00650.43657.367.7965TT-1.55-66.5520340.0165101325526.870915623450.39293860599891162212125WETL
2022-12-11 19:00:01FORECAST20237315330.2821.5525.91579.012906920920.0030.4337.367.793TT-1.72-66.7220340.0064485678826.8648978732060.38587492318687162212125WETL
2022-12-11 15:00:02FORECAST20237315330.0421.6925.86579.029111830840.00640.43647.367.7964TT-1.96-66.9620340.0170633695226.8712465254240.37596723137836162212125WETL
2022-12-11 11:00:07FORECAST20237315330.0921.8125.9579.0876390336920.00630.43637.367.7963TT-1.91-66.9120340.0553971641526.8941785023780.37802484827924162212125WETL
2022-12-11 07:00:24FORECAST20237315330.2820.7125.49579.2891877122650.01140.45147.367.8114TT-1.72-66.7220340.1873627094826.9731796592120.38587492318687162212125WETL
2022-12-11 03:00:22FORECAST20237315330.2822.6626.4779.3137217834680.01520.45527.367.8152TT-1.72-66.7220340.2034219691826.9827995598470.38587492318687162212125WETL
2022-12-10 23:00:07FORECAST20237315329.122.5525.82573.2572609110280.02020.40027.367.7602TT-2.9-67.920336.2085208752924.6297153342720.33799725463072162212125WETL
2022-12-10 19:00:05FORECAST20237315329.522.5526.02573.2217277599530.00840.38847.367.7484TT-2.5-67.520336.1849010533424.6160393019340.35398031774808162212125WETL
2022-12-10 15:00:07FORECAST20237315329.4322.225.81573.3577013697690.0350.4157.367.775TT-2.57-68.5720336.2752747668624.6683811843850.35116367785801162212125WETL
2022-12-10 11:00:08FORECAST20237315329.3522.1225.73574.8198516284410.02990.40997.367.7699TT-2.65-68.6520337.2451107693425.2326291501790.34795464598817162212125WETL
2022-12-10 07:00:30FORECAST20237315329.321.8225.5674.36806591940.01810.50817.367.8681TT-2.7-66.720336.9458282924925.0580095697230.34595449639829162213127.5WETL
2022-12-10 03:00:30FORECAST20237315329.152225.57574.7222073526060.01780.68787.368.0478TT-2.85-67.8520337.1804560488825.1948679521310.33997996397473162213127.5WETL
2022-12-09 23:00:08FORECAST20237315329.7222.7126.21568.7668545900590.01710.92717.118.0371TT-2.28-68.2820333.2066777352522.9135751562560.36288410481443162213127.5WETL
2022-12-09 19:00:08FORECAST20237315330.8621.3926.12568.4285433790550.01710.82717.117.9371TT-1.14-68.1420332.9791262358222.7852765839480.4101159379369162213127.5WETL
2022-12-09 15:00:06FORECAST20237315329.9622.1626.0668.4765015248260.01980.89987.118.0098TT-2.04-66.0420333.0113952596422.8034553152810.37268238640793162213127.5WETL
2022-12-09 11:00:08FORECAST20237315326.1620.7923.47570.3891326881170.03120.82127.117.9312TT-5.84-71.8420334.2951253696323.5307439366340.23071221346538161213126WETL
2022-12-09 07:00:21FORECAST20237315329.8521.925.87570.5308079593250.02690.74697.147.8869TT-2.15-65.1520334.3899678857723.5847946084760.3681808398701162213127.5WETL
2022-12-09 03:00:11FORECAST20237315329.1120.6424.87569.9052937743090.02960.79967.167.9596TT-2.89-64.8920333.9709687917923.3463386854810.33839343953993162213127.5WETL
2022-12-08 23:00:08FORECAST20237315330.5121.5126.0167.1486780208440.0180.8386.747.578TT-1.49-66.4920332.1165047210222.301184240920.39544024248635162213127.5WETL
2022-12-08 19:00:02FORECAST20237315330.5121.5126.0166.7804524649530.00150.78156.657.4315TT-1.49-64.4920331.8678030154322.162282043920.39544024248635162213127.5WETL
2022-12-08 15:00:07FORECAST20237315330.0720.8525.4667.8144960610540.00140.83146.77.5314TT-1.93-66.9320332.5656120065522.552769385460.3772013827115162213127.5WETL
2022-12-08 11:00:06FORECAST20237315326.3721.5423.95569.5471445111810.00510.78516.697.4751TT-5.63-73.6320333.7307635414723.2100216398450.23769222104047161213126WETL
2022-12-08 07:00:30FORECAST20237315326.3721.5423.95570.7053836822150.00510.73516.877.6051TT-5.63-69.6320334.5067882175223.6514308052250.23769222104047161213126WETL
2022-12-08 03:00:29FORECAST20237315326.3721.5423.95571.3373959188290.00510.74517.087.8251TT-5.63-68.6320334.9292770553123.8929824421020.23769222104047161213126WETL
2022-12-07 23:00:11FORECAST20237315330.6821.0725.87574.4767995634550.00250.74257.017.7525TT-1.32-73.3220337.0178895659425.1000138105010.40255131692718162213127.5WETL
2022-12-07 19:00:05FORECAST20237315331.4722.9827.22573.2979842824190.02010.78016.827.6001TT-0.53-69.5320336.2355881519924.6453908555550.43598504420967162213127.5WETL
2022-12-07 15:00:09FORECAST20237315331.3422.2526.79572.4047852070320.00770.63776.97.5377TT-0.66-69.6620335.6412694706524.3020340226380.43044499679045162213127.5WETL
2022-12-07 11:00:12FORECAST20237315331.7722.6627.21574.0897854969920.01980.90986.927.8298TT-0.23-67.2320336.7613122589224.9505733889490.44881602237967162213127.5WETL
2022-12-07 07:00:18FORECAST20237315331.7922.6527.2274.6274348728570.01981.04986.877.9198TT-0.21-67.2120337.1176875385425.1582282712710.449673480129971622141210WETL
2022-12-07 03:00:13FORECAST20237315333.9921.0727.5374.5768875568240.01980.97986.837.8098TT1.99-52.0120337.0842035003325.1386907416260.54453730092357163213129WETL
2022-12-06 23:00:06FORECAST20237315336.6621.6629.1672.6289500938480.00490.52496.917.4349TT4.66-40.3420335.7905515321624.3881152092150.65584621736541163213129WETL
2022-12-06 19:00:07FORECAST20237315336.6921.6329.1672.4162716594980.00490.50497.017.5149TT4.69-35.3120335.6489209120424.3064434389830.65704191238221163213129WETL
2022-12-06 15:00:07FORECAST20237315334.5424.0929.31572.8122712100720.00470.49477.097.5847TT2.54-40.4620335.9125706212724.4585571949480.56806928213845163213129WETL
2022-12-06 11:00:05FORECAST20237315334.719.7627.2375.3719185205250.00440.86447.218.0744TT2.7-39.320337.6103579194925.4463403887930.5748736239681163213129WETL
2022-12-06 07:00:20FORECAST20237315334.9219.6227.2776.4488831200660.00440.83447.238.0644TT2.92-48.0820338.3214046825.8642935233980.58419289752542163213129WETL
2022-12-06 03:00:33FORECAST20237315332.2520.3326.2977.2916281975920.00110.86117.168.0211TT0.25-42.7520338.876457204926.1923131351980.46945182328074162213127.5WETL
2022-12-05 23:00:11FORECAST20237315331.6318.625.11584.9585532556330.00261.63267.098.7226TT-0.37-38.3720343.871880713429.2148574907040.442820731198941622151212.5WETL
2022-12-05 19:00:12FORECAST20237315326.9119.9923.4584.0231094465440.16141.53146.858.3814TT-5.09-48.0920343.267585346528.842409893020.256160274261931622151212.5WETL
2022-12-05 15:00:06FORECAST20237315326.8620.9323.89582.7612956782160.03181.40186.868.2618TT-5.14-43.1420342.4501774831128.3416203937370.254419439055261622141210WETL
2022-12-05 11:00:12FORECAST20237315323.3817.920.6494.2148592348470.04452.21457.269.4745TT-8.62-56.6220349.7746779049632.953972042730.149668822394571612151210WETL
2022-12-05 07:00:24FORECAST20237315330.4524.8327.6489.962184534640.03932.20937.29.4093TT-1.55-35.5520347.07995161731.2240706556430.392938605998911622151212.5WETL
2022-12-05 03:00:36FORECAST20237315329.1526.2527.790.9346152456450.03372.25377.339.5837TT-2.85-41.8520347.698706148331.6178480650040.339979963974731622151212.5WETL