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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Sunday, December 4, 2022

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DAY 65 OF WATER YEAR 2023, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 12/05/2022 07:00:17 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): 29.03°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 21.65°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 25.34°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.289
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: -3
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 45

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: 0.23 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 0.34 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 6.40 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 6.74 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: 65 in
SWE DAY: 28
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 338.62 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 21.99 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: 145

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 2
D1: 3
D2: 1
D3: 2
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 6.0

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
2022-12-05 07:00:17OBSERVATION20236514529.0321.6525.3464.9326129166670.230000000000020.340000000000026.46.74TT-2.9745.0328338.61940459611 21.9874427247110.2888704657645416 2312126WETL
2022-12-05 03:00:25OBSERVATION20236514529.0321.6525.3464.9326129166670.230000000000020.340000000000026.46.74TT-2.9745.0328338.61940459611 21.9874427247110.2888704657645416 2312126WETL
2022-12-04 11:00:03FORECAST20236514531.7522.0126.8867.5403163526230.18530.29536.46.6953TT-0.2547.7528340.3310919253722.9860696132730.41296619335985162312126WETL
2022-12-04 07:00:23FORECAST20236514531.121.5426.3267.3077457112060.18960.29966.46.6996TT-0.947.128340.1788934416922.8966744560930.38193731252639162312126WETL
2022-12-04 03:00:13FORECAST20236514533.5919.4626.52567.4381119810020.17590.28596.46.6859TT1.5949.5928340.2642185878922.9467764762580.50314546178279163312127WETL
2022-12-03 23:00:03FORECAST20236514529.5719.4324.566.621096079210.13070.17076.46.5707TF-2.4353.5728339.7290124176622.6331191771720.31212818991752162312126WETL
2022-12-03 19:00:02FORECAST20236514530.8222.9826.966.6319672294740.16220.20226.46.6022TF-1.1854.8228339.7361411228622.6372874219660.3687887491403162312126WETL
2022-12-03 15:00:01FORECAST20236514530.2221.8626.0466.7352230666210.170.216.46.61TF-1.7854.2228339.8038408351222.6768851170260.3411417949529162312126WETL
2022-12-03 11:00:05FORECAST20236514531.5122.7727.1466.5986669152710.14760.18766.46.5876TF-0.4955.5128339.7143039778122.6245197769710.40143470909628162312126WETL
2022-12-03 07:00:20FORECAST20236514531.4623.2727.36566.5017723734910.20220.24226.46.6422TT-0.5454.4628339.6507535246922.5873770973840.39904272437299162312126WETL
2022-12-03 03:00:25FORECAST20236514527.4921.7824.63566.6328858259250.21170.26176.46.6617TT-4.5149.4928339.7367434791122.6376396391150.22741645942151161312125WETL
2022-12-02 23:00:03FORECAST20236514531.823.7327.76569.3081869884810.21180.48186.46.8818TT-0.264.828341.4850842612923.6677120737590.41537842233465162312126WETL
2022-12-02 19:00:04FORECAST20236514532.0523.8427.94568.8621571229130.12390.39396.46.7939TT0.04999999999999763.0528341.1944231206623.4953839743970.42748569050094162312126WETL
2022-12-02 15:00:03FORECAST20236514532.2823.6527.96569.0380147148420.17480.40486.46.8048TT0.2863.2828341.3090623217823.563300066880.43868529665889162312126WETL
2022-12-02 11:00:06FORECAST20236514531.6723.9327.869.2327894566280.16670.37676.46.7767TT-0.3365.6728341.4359736073423.6385648736760.40911348830167162312126WETL
2022-12-02 07:00:26FORECAST20236514532.5124.7928.6568.8241403048070.07910.40916.46.8091TT0.5164.5128341.1696337355923.4807067399580.44993421314978162312126WETL
2022-12-02 03:00:14FORECAST20236514532.6224.6128.61568.884311979710.05980.45986.46.8598TT0.6265.6228341.2088683934723.5039381406590.45532895470894162312126WETL
2022-12-01 23:00:08FORECAST20236514532.5223.7828.1565.6282427897780.10530.53536.036.5653TT0.5260.5228339.0771229580822.2530357499520.45042427733363162313129WETL
2022-12-01 19:00:07FORECAST20236514530.9623.4227.1965.7667673148460.09590.40596.036.4359TF-1.0455.9628339.1681743617622.3059944038510.37534493492012162312126WETL
2022-12-01 15:00:07FORECAST20236514532.3622.6327.49564.8754643292030.0240.3246.036.354TF0.3666.3628338.5817653641221.9656492413980.44259282355937162312126WETL
2022-12-01 11:00:04FORECAST20236514535.221.8128.50565.8697432296160.02320.38326.036.4132TF3.269.228339.2358391041422.3453776160730.58207894131889163312127WETL
2022-12-01 07:00:17FORECAST20236514535.7221.4828.666.0734164898830.00230.49236.096.5823TT3.7273.7228339.3696192482422.4233101966020.607033245600441633131210.5WETL
2022-12-01 03:00:27FORECAST20236514535.721927.3666.8489603554740.00260.49266.226.7126TT3.7273.7228339.8783921657422.720517163570.607033245600441633131210.5WETL
2022-11-30 23:00:09FORECAST20236514535.2922.0128.6552.2538219675690.00130.63135.325.9513TF3.2964.2928330.1335931461717.2507420017740.586424707717361633131210.5WETL
2022-11-30 19:00:07FORECAST20236514536.4522.4929.4750.7450739023390.00160.89165.346.2316TF4.4571.4528329.1054846327316.7004821393530.641314758330851633131210.5WETL
2022-11-30 15:00:06FORECAST20236514537.3422.5829.9651.2019981901140.00170.88175.316.1917TF5.3473.3428329.4172632804316.8668221182770.681596273066271633131210.5WETL
2022-11-30 11:00:08FORECAST20236514535.1220.9428.0354.6292584263040.00130.95135.336.2813TT3.1266.1228331.7443266883818.122946554120.578207589823381633131210.5WETL
2022-11-30 07:00:17FORECAST20236514533.4823.4728.47556.0929541745170.00130.98135.436.4113TT1.4865.4828332.7319997272218.6639208130950.49771238026525162313129WETL
2022-11-30 03:00:18FORECAST20236514534.6117.0625.83556.8687852885150.0041.0145.836.844TT2.6177.6128333.2540281867918.9517517754880.553365245749231633141214WETL
2022-11-29 23:00:04FORECAST20236514534.1216.925.5155.0206838453220.06060.99065.916.9006TT2.1277.1228332.0088126316218.2673519136650.529296904130321633141214WETL
2022-11-29 19:00:10FORECAST20236514535.9122.2129.0654.5667667021450.00270.77275.856.6227TT3.9180.9128331.7020767169418.099909834830.616048317950791633131210.5WETL
2022-11-29 15:00:05FORECAST20236514538.0222.2130.11552.6104798650920.00270.61275.866.4727TT6.0287.0228330.3760558541517.3812428344230.711018193009721643131212WETL
2022-11-29 11:00:06FORECAST20236514536.6424.6630.6556.7861015006460.04390.71395.866.5739TT4.6483.6428333.1984422442718.921040561140.650066188173951633131210.5WETL
2022-11-29 10:15:01FORECAST20236514536.6424.6630.6556.7861015006460.04390.71395.866.5739TT4.6483.6428333.1984422442718.921040561140.650066188173951633131210.5WETL
2022-11-29 07:00:15FORECAST20236514535.3423.229.27129.005955898860.04390.88395.846.7239TT3.3490.3428377.5615961111548.707694617020.588834492747791633131210.5WETL
2022-11-29 03:00:12FORECAST20236514537.1924.330.745130.45610050990.05570.91575.86.7157TT5.1994.1928378.3716905320749.3608952901510.674939925521341633131210.5WETL
2022-11-28 23:00:08FORECAST20236514537.3324.330.81549.7990101308640.16251.17255.516.6825TT5.33102.3328328.458794192216.3569228195490.681154303487621633141214WETL
2022-11-28 19:00:07FORECAST20236514536.4922.0429.26553.7198610333390.19511.23515.66.8351TT4.49101.4928331.1288312654317.7881947997110.64316352175881633141214WETL
2022-11-28 15:00:09FORECAST20236514532.592327.79552.2394532553760.19511.04515.586.6251TT0.5990.5928330.1238204234117.2454878854950.453856801818361623141212WETL
2022-11-28 11:00:04FORECAST20236514527.8420.9424.3960.5866793063960.30961.53965.687.2196TT-4.1672.8428335.7414360602220.3414587164490.240704143666441613151212.5WETL
2022-11-28 07:00:10FORECAST20236514531.3922.8927.1457.168989288710.18971.41975.516.9297TT-0.6176.3928333.4557486288819.0633281216230.395700322270711623141212WETL
2022-11-28 03:00:26FORECAST20236514532.8322.0527.4458.1879820646290.31171.62175.577.1917TT0.8378.8328334.1393092629519.442892134480.465650081550641623151215WETL
2022-11-27 23:00:04FORECAST20236514527.5319.9723.7552.9763116735750.10751.62755.046.6675TT-4.4770.5328330.6245270664417.51526799280.2289138593471613151212.5WETL
2022-11-27 19:00:05FORECAST20236514528.7519.5824.16553.4582553773790.0521.6025.046.642TT-3.2571.7528330.9515086881117.6920902689780.277140622099851623151215WETL
2022-11-27 15:00:04FORECAST20236514527.8720.524.18551.6181648475370.01561.56564.696.2556TT-4.1373.8728329.7009165845917.0185562626470.241862392658481613151212.5WETL
2022-11-27 11:00:03FORECAST20236514523.8318.4521.1460.8808499342670.14192.15194.446.5919TT-8.1763.8328335.9372460445120.4521450637670.114904695330451613151212.5WETL
2022-11-27 07:00:08FORECAST20236514524.4317.9421.18561.5353014302460.12742.13744.676.8074TT-7.5767.4328336.3723467760620.6987737516640.129982906776831613151212.5WETL
2022-11-27 03:00:16FORECAST20236514522.7719.621.18564.3805422655060.05532.02534.966.9853TT-9.2365.7728338.2555708949721.7770770785470.0913802145224151613151212.5WETL