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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Tuesday, November 8, 2022

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DAY 39 OF WATER YEAR 2023, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 11/09/2022 07:00:20 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): 26.85°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 23.00°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 24.93°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.096
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: -5
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: -23

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: 0.00 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 1.18 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 16.13 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 17.31 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: 33 in
SWE DAY: 54
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 343.03 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 11.25 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: 119

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 1
D1: 5
D2: 1
D3: 4
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 14.0

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
2022-11-09 07:00:20OBSERVATION20233911926.850022324.9250132.7952101.1816.1317.31TT-5.14998-23.1499854343.03350510858 11.2498558370720.09554788482896716 15141214WETL
2022-11-09 03:00:16OBSERVATION20233911926.850022324.9250132.7952101.1816.1317.31TT-5.14998-23.1499854343.03350510858 11.2498558370720.09554788482896716 15141214WETL
2022-11-08 11:00:02FORECAST20233911935.0619.9327.49533.9791342847770.00331.183316.1317.3133TT3.06-14.9454343.7987801636711.6819849181240.313179112155931625141216WETL
2022-11-08 07:00:11FORECAST20233911929.8619.9224.8934.0244809601970.00211.182116.1317.3121TT-2.14-20.1454343.8280459978811.6985708046370.157122524716211615141214WETL
2022-11-08 03:00:11FORECAST20233911927.9921.5924.7934.0473206392160.0081.18816.1317.318TT-4.01-22.0154343.8427849919211.7069255501010.116373751656011615141214WETL
2022-11-07 23:00:03FORECAST20233911928.7818.523.6428.0467986840160.00871.148716.1317.2787TT-3.22-23.2254339.940957232699.53425559195680.132571869163511615142228WETL
2022-11-07 19:00:01FORECAST20233911936.7318.1127.4228.011253691850.01211.152116.1317.2821TT4.73-15.2754339.917666534849.52151999164910.374458207769051625142232WETL
2022-11-07 15:00:02FORECAST20233911937.0421.0729.05528.0282998136690.01851.158516.1317.2885TT5.04-14.9654339.928836192679.52762733611980.38624939202951625142232WETL
2022-11-07 11:00:03FORECAST20233911936.9218.9727.94529.0923303488670.01041.150416.1317.2804TT4.92-15.0854340.62509745459.90957786026130.381671922781071625142232WETL
2022-11-07 07:00:08FORECAST20233911936.8618.2827.5729.2306389287760.02421.164216.1317.2942TT4.86-15.1454340.715463229759.95933068311940.379389331819551625142232WETL
2022-11-07 03:00:28FORECAST20233911933.5617.9825.7729.6327515595670.02241.232416.1317.3624TT1.56-13.4454340.9780086921410.104116618850.262166430003751625141216WETL
2022-11-06 23:00:03FORECAST20233911932.9820.4926.73521.0795408990490.02790.747916.1316.8779TT0.98-6.0254335.335265793687.06871345019130.243647907790321615132221WETL
2022-11-06 19:00:05FORECAST20233911933.120.6626.8821.1496630943130.00690.736916.1316.8669TT1.1-8.954335.382027132747.09321688174520.247420550469791615132221WETL
2022-11-06 15:00:03FORECAST20233911932.1620.1126.13520.9169912700440.00360.703616.1316.8336TT0.16-9.8454335.226836718997.01193681713560.218717590993441615132221WETL
2022-11-06 11:00:04FORECAST20233911932.6720.0426.35522.5344287486030.05630.726316.1316.8563TT0.67-6.3354336.303760889267.57841313764610.234047138941811615132221WETL
2022-11-06 07:00:05FORECAST20233911932.7720.1426.45524.4068456343180.01491.094916.1317.2249TT0.77-4.2354337.544942784118.23840731317650.237121102746921615142228WETL
2022-11-06 03:00:13FORECAST20233911933.0420.2726.65525.9845822557010.05781.357816.1317.4878TT1.04-5.9654338.586215105828.79802135706360.245530342453551615142228WETL
2022-11-06 00:00:08FORECAST20233911932.3219.3525.83530.3555905577390.05641.456415.5316.9864TT0.32-16.6854341.4492875395710.3648947687830.223463716374131615141214WETL
2022-11-05 20:00:06FORECAST20233911931.8520.0825.96528.8528851399430.06841.65841617.6584TT-0.15-17.1554340.468577625679.82350076399310.209688677475841615152235WETL
2022-11-05 16:00:04FORECAST20233911932.3417.1324.73528.5148837784810.02671.57671617.5767TT0.34-19.6654340.247471812029.70211711464190.224061066682421615152235WETL
2022-11-05 12:00:04FORECAST20233911922.6616.0619.3630.9814439341120.01951.53951617.5395TT-9.34-23.3454341.8566350626510.5912121726970.0420834420537691615151217.5WETL
2022-11-05 08:00:03FORECAST20233911923.6219.3221.4733.406894809990.03791.727916.2617.9879TT-8.38-28.3854343.4291784814911.4729024402120.0514691596498221615151217.5WETL
2022-11-05 04:00:11FORECAST20233911932.7714.3923.5833.3953059776470.04151.711516.318.0115TT0.77-18.2354343.4216878612411.4686723454860.237121102746921615151217.5WETL
2022-11-05 00:00:05FORECAST20233911931.817.6924.74528.3168290980730.06451.64458.4710.1145TT-0.2-12.254340.117824810349.63105831836260.208253166831781615152235WETL
2022-11-04 20:00:04FORECAST20233911931.517.2324.36528.1638021904650.04941.569412.313.8694TT-0.5-6.554340.0176084089.57618866447790.199762372926341615152235WETL
2022-11-04 16:00:05FORECAST20233911931.5117.2724.3927.5876643232460.0511.64112.4314.071TT-0.49-5.4954339.639949584139.36987291989140.200042007678271615152235WETL
2022-11-04 12:00:04FORECAST20233911933.2117.9625.58526.9061677802450.00741.587412.3913.9774TT1.21-4.7954339.192513977929.12637069089290.250906001484631625152240WETL
2022-11-04 08:00:03FORECAST20233911923.4116.8920.1526.5597713612920.00631.546313.4915.0363TT-8.59-18.5954338.96479083129.0028273440050.0492857302651651615152235WETL
2022-11-04 04:00:17FORECAST20233911924.318.8221.5627.076245833480.00631.586314.2715.8563TT-7.7-22.754339.304251023659.18708531306130.0590688111075771615152235WETL
2022-11-04 00:00:04FORECAST20233911932.1513.3422.745143.286560001170.01551.245514.0315.2755TT0.15-6.8554405.4008323908558.0884906948970.218422893521741615141214WETL
2022-11-03 20:00:04FORECAST20233911932.1515.8824.015143.08771320260.0161.27614.615.876TT0.151.1554405.3035821120357.9939627172320.218422893521741615141214WETL
2022-11-03 16:00:03FORECAST20233911928.4917.5423.015143.708638684810.0161.29614.5415.836TT-3.51-4.5154405.6070962853958.289243648070.12645462314141615141214WETL
2022-11-03 12:00:04FORECAST20233911929.9515.422.675144.700829583930.03221.152214.5915.7422TT-2.05-8.0554406.0910959730558.7617184739480.159295075414851615141214WETL
2022-11-03 08:00:08FORECAST20233911930.9916.0423.515141.796883976490.02761.007614.1315.1376TT-1.010.9899999999999954404.6710787061857.3810979959430.185813964930381615141214WETL
2022-11-03 04:00:15FORECAST20233911930.9916.0423.515142.593338982870.02761.097614.0415.1376TT-1.01-7.0154405.0615848568957.7590838784380.185813964930381615141214WETL
2022-11-03 00:00:07FORECAST20233911927.1817.9122.54523.0230080516660.1311.43113.6415.071TT-4.82-15.8254336.628198226457.75019371818520.10127310872321615142228WETL
2022-11-02 20:00:06FORECAST20233911927.6516.9422.29525.5932056944580.13321.473213.7815.2532TT-4.35-8.3554338.328304015788.65890587693280.109851868721811615142228WETL
2022-11-02 16:00:09FORECAST20233911924.0213.6218.8225.2730014399840.13321.413213.5114.9232TT-7.98-2.9854338.117103598848.54523404613650.055839593484181615142228WETL
2022-11-02 12:00:06FORECAST20233911932.9817.4625.2224.8635051831190.53721.307213.3314.6372TT0.985.9854337.846757512838.40005460652030.243647907790321615142228WETL
2022-11-02 08:00:03FORECAST20233911929.8219.3324.57526.2748898928130.53531.345313.6114.9553TT-2.180.8254338.777357785938.90133777400320.156163214607611615142228WETL
2022-11-02 04:00:06FORECAST20233911933.8419.2926.56526.2573970080590.53531.385313.3214.7053TT1.840.8454338.765844211758.89510926423830.271357393906061625142232WETL
2022-11-02 00:00:05FORECAST20233911941.9620.3531.15550.6180375514863.77995.179912.4317.6099TT9.967.9654354.3140453770117.9346816539120.580144222947121635151222.5WETL
2022-11-01 20:00:05FORECAST20233911929.8225.0327.42553.8362850259123.15224.462212.7617.2222TT-2.1818.8254356.2970858064419.1817114653770.156163214607611615151217.5WETL
2022-11-01 16:00:04FORECAST20233911931.5525.8928.7243.1734731262291.97183.281812.2315.5118TT-0.4513.5554349.6642075994715.096218270.201162892932461615151217.5WETL
2022-11-01 12:00:05FORECAST20233911923.0918.0220.55526.4473431749580.29581.135811.9513.0858TT-8.916.0954338.890836767768.96276225884560.0461010488384781615142228WETL
2022-11-01 08:00:07FORECAST20233911919.7215.0317.37528.3012966511140.19541.245411.4912.7354TT-12.281.7254340.107654480299.62548762276120.0215870714658381615142228WETL
2022-11-01 04:00:34FORECAST20233911921.219.0720.13528.5860935755780.11171.161711.4912.6517TT-10.80.254340.294069953739.72767812691160.0305029320092941615142228WETL