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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Tuesday, December 20, 2022

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DAY 81 OF WATER YEAR 2023, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 12/21/2022 07:00:12 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): 27.09°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 13.50°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 20.29°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.237
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: -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: 1.53 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 2.14 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 2.86 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 5.00 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: 81 in
SWE DAY: 12
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 333.58 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 27.12 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: 161

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
2022-12-21 07:00:12OBSERVATION20238116127.0899613.4999620.2949681.2956265217391.53000000000012.14000000000012.865.0000000000001TF-4.91004-52.9100412333.5830897994 27.1188462822990.2372418203296816 1115127.5WETL
2022-12-21 03:00:15OBSERVATION20238116127.0899613.4999620.2949681.2956265217391.53000000000012.14000000000012.865.0000000000001TF-4.91004-52.9100412333.5830897994 27.1188462822990.2372418203296816 1115127.5WETL
2022-12-20 11:00:02FORECAST20238116127.8515.7921.8275.0582304793110.85021.46022.864.3202TF-4.15-52.1512329.3621730300124.7213418944530.26356150140217162114128WETL
2022-12-20 07:00:17FORECAST20238116123.9515.5419.74576.0135279651151.11291.72292.864.5829TF-8.05-56.0512330.0129782535125.0854507513240.14516758055723161115127.5WETL
2022-12-20 03:00:24FORECAST20238116123.6517.6220.63577.6599422432461.25351.86352.864.7235TF-8.35-56.3512331.1309137459225.7156076364610.13783579710058161115127.5WETL
2022-12-19 23:00:03FORECAST20238116125.7916.7821.28572.5945334555791.35411.79412.864.6541TF-6.21-53.2112327.6764506358623.787519058290.19576634587376161115127.5WETL
2022-12-19 19:00:02FORECAST20238116125.6217.4721.54572.7618191905291.39451.83452.864.6945TF-6.38-53.3812327.7912457900223.8506873584120.19068738771024161115127.5WETL
2022-12-19 15:00:04FORECAST20238116125.0217.3421.1873.5942127725971.53321.97322.864.8332TF-6.98-53.9812328.3617279534824.1655228733860.17341557885675161115127.5WETL
2022-12-19 11:00:08FORECAST20238116125.3917.7221.55574.0647436744951.46731.90732.864.7673TF-6.61-53.6112328.6836737876724.3438720490750.18394567785929161115127.5WETL
2022-12-19 07:00:18FORECAST20238116126.1517.8321.9974.5588204776381.44431.87432.864.7343TF-5.85-53.8512329.0213162764724.5314412535740.20678882691053161115127.5WETL
2022-12-19 03:00:22FORECAST20238116126.7618.7122.73573.8379121840731.31521.72522.864.5852TF-5.24-50.2412328.5285195748424.257859978330.22628080438578161115127.5WETL
2022-12-18 23:00:03FORECAST20238116126.0720.6523.3673.3211461979841.34721.79722.864.6572TF-5.93-53.9312328.1747142982624.0621462055440.2043082103426161115127.5WETL
2022-12-18 19:00:04FORECAST20238116127.7921.1724.4871.276257965890.9751.4052.864.265TF-4.21-52.2112326.7701122140123.2909508137090.26143096196825162114128WETL
2022-12-18 15:00:03FORECAST20238116127.119.8723.48571.737284302121.06211.47212.864.3321TF-4.9-53.912327.0874213599323.4643633377440.23757984403754161114126WETL
2022-12-18 11:00:03FORECAST20238116127.4919.3323.4174.352287024361.06521.46522.864.3252TF-4.51-53.5112328.8802268669324.4529970246470.25091231803002162114128WETL
2022-12-18 07:00:14FORECAST20238116126.9819.4823.2374.5800495376230.93971.40972.864.2697TF-5.02-55.0212329.0358143115224.5395073310050.23355703497777161114126WETL
2022-12-18 03:00:17FORECAST20238116125.3518.5621.95575.1064565121740.89351.40352.864.2635TF-6.65-55.6512329.3950653211524.7396961488670.18278850678355161114126WETL
2022-12-17 23:00:02FORECAST20238116122.7116.2919.573.7691061335660.57620.98622.93.8862TF-9.29-55.2912328.4814381160824.2317820712920.11651282143785161113124.5DRYL
2022-12-17 19:00:01FORECAST20238116124.5118.0521.2873.8738077777340.64580.99582.93.8958TF-7.49-54.4912328.5530783482324.271466954680.15954233906315161114126DRYL
2022-12-17 15:00:04FORECAST20238116123.1817.4920.33572.0231511723050.36250.69252.93.5925TF-8.82-55.8212327.283987502223.5720241081460.12686356764159161113124.5DRYL
2022-12-17 11:00:10FORECAST20238116125.8414.6120.22571.35781974350.24140.57142.93.4714TF-6.16-52.1612326.8262755386723.3216104573280.19727560899741161113124.5DRYL
2022-12-17 07:00:21FORECAST20238116125.8412.6119.22570.8243005129220.19860.48862.93.3886FF-6.16-55.1612326.4586839920823.1212079401080.19727560899741161112123DRYL
2022-12-17 03:00:13FORECAST20238116123.8613.8718.86572.6026027849330.40430.69432.913.6043TF-8.14-56.1412327.6819891070723.7905652949170.14294107918154161113124.5DRYL
2022-12-16 23:00:07FORECAST20238116122.1816.519.3474.3190717441550.47170.78172.923.7017TF-9.82-51.8212328.8575295689524.440386333640.10557411946893161113124.5DRYL
2022-12-16 19:00:07FORECAST20238116124.5818.2321.40575.5960794697370.57911.00912.913.9191TF-7.42-49.4212329.7287818639324.9262031972450.16140238638609161114126DRYL
2022-12-16 15:00:04FORECAST20238116125.9316.3721.1574.1744028133550.36010.78012.923.7001TF-6.07-44.0712328.7586493030324.3854764817770.20000992004857161113124.5DRYL
2022-12-16 11:00:07FORECAST20238116128.6121.8425.22574.7559426639520.61991.01992.923.9399TF-3.39-43.3912329.1559075425224.606360151750.29129175569961162114128DRYL
2022-12-16 07:00:25FORECAST20238116129.1220.5724.84575.7235473111570.71221.11222.924.0322TF-2.88-40.8812329.8155931538224.9748066721410.31063136740081162114128WETL
2022-12-16 03:00:28FORECAST20238116126.618.8422.7276.6126520205450.65021.09022.924.0102TF-5.4-48.412330.42033202425.3143779178680.22107030055309161114126WETL
2022-12-15 23:00:07FORECAST20238116124.8217.5721.19575.0574727456810.29860.63862.923.5586TF-7.18-48.1812329.3616561899524.721053532950.16788631918781161113124.5DRYL
2022-12-15 19:00:05FORECAST20238116128.9818.323.6473.7908427685240.09590.53592.923.4559FF-3.02-44.0212328.496312587924.2400197522140.30526701000221162113126DRYL
2022-12-15 15:00:10FORECAST20238116128.9518.323.62573.9387146251380.10.552.913.46FF-3.05-44.0512328.5974801352524.296075310260.3041228682688162113126DRYL
2022-12-15 11:00:09FORECAST20238116131.9321.0926.5180.0403230034321.11771.55772.94.4577TF-0.07-41.0712332.7389780153826.6325352761830.425442934146011621151210WETL
2022-12-15 07:00:32FORECAST20238116131.9321.0926.5180.0573819449661.11771.60772.94.5077TF-0.07-39.0712332.7504671170526.6391312383550.425442934146011621151210WETL
2022-12-15 03:00:24FORECAST20238116131.7221.2226.4781.2450304725331.18631.72632.94.6263TF-0.28-42.2812333.5491192024527.099208353690.416497604442571621151210WETL
2022-12-14 23:00:08FORECAST20238116133.637.2820.45595.7070995269511.81953.74952.896.6395TT1.63-24.3712343.0835048564432.8355271453510.498873956884031621151210WETL
2022-12-14 19:00:11FORECAST20238116134.777.2821.02597.749267595361.81953.83952.96.7395TT2.77-27.2312344.4018431183633.6650279233120.548292028486861631151212.5WETL
2022-12-14 15:00:12FORECAST20238116134.083.318.69100.401635219111.92553.92552.886.8055TT2.08-24.9212346.1039237823434.7493999034980.5184213324841631151212.5WETL
2022-12-14 11:00:12FORECAST20238116132.577.4119.9998.206090663171.10114.15112.97.0511TT0.57-22.4312344.6958142000633.8512283805470.452923380877691621151210WETL
2022-12-14 07:00:19FORECAST20238116132.577.4119.9999.7749483003081.10114.27112.97.1711TT0.57-21.4312345.7027994550234.4924789428960.452923380877691621151210WETL
2022-12-14 03:00:27FORECAST20238116132.69920.845108.380157260421.41614.76612.917.6761TT0.69-24.3112351.1553262243338.0582694790260.458105272514121621151210WETL
2022-12-13 23:00:08FORECAST20238116131.212.1821.6995.0275948883971.1472.7072.875.577TT-0.8-24.812342.6433266690632.560571237920.39454181670871621151210WETL
2022-12-13 19:00:06FORECAST20238116135.0111.8123.4188.7510411696820.96332.34332.875.2133TF3.01-21.9912338.5412995317530.045892812380.558626714601351631151212.5WETL
2022-12-13 15:00:07FORECAST2023811613512.3223.6688.5023064091230.92332.30332.875.1733TF3-2212338.3773884872129.9471793178130.558196848764561631151212.5WETL
2022-12-13 11:00:08FORECAST20238116123.1314.9619.04597.8942856772270.47462.89462.875.7646TT-8.87-29.8712344.4952009371533.7241116149750.1257330302786161115127.5WETL
2022-12-13 07:00:19FORECAST20238116123.1318.1720.6596.4306807760130.34562.76562.875.6356TT-8.87-26.8712343.5514010644733.12889548620.1257330302786161115127.5WETL
2022-12-13 03:00:13FORECAST20238116122.9320.1121.5294.453175043750.22022.61022.875.4802TT-9.07-32.0712342.2706286204832.3285475974250.12128103306548161115127.5WETL