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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Thursday, December 22, 2022

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DAY 83 OF WATER YEAR 2023, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 12/23/2022 07:00:24 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): 27.30°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): -4.00°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 11.65°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.283
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: -67

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: 0.03 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 1.80 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 3.17 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 4.97 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: 10
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 331.12 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 26.70 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: 163

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
2022-12-23 07:00:24OBSERVATION20238316327.30002-4.0030611.6484880.63960250.0300000000000861.80000000000013.174.9700000000001TF-4.69998-66.6999810331.12246691653 26.7015841109680.2834714282381216 21151210WETL
2022-12-23 03:00:09OBSERVATION20238316327.30002-4.0030611.6484880.63960250.0300000000000861.80000000000013.174.9700000000001TF-4.69998-66.6999810331.12246691653 26.7015841109680.2834714282381216 21151210WETL
2022-12-22 11:00:01FORECAST20238316322.910.0611.48583.4485061121670.07931.84933.175.0193TF-9.09-71.0910333.0190482184327.7899420807240.13738700332735161115127.5WETL
2022-12-22 07:00:12FORECAST20238316322.16-1.2610.4583.0423358876990.06531.83533.175.0053TF-9.84-71.8410332.7456368478727.6319749402870.11880860957718161115127.5WETL
2022-12-22 03:00:13FORECAST20238316321.47-1.3710.0583.0828263796280.06861.83863.175.0086TF-10.53-72.5310332.7729054713427.6477135291190.10334641097393161115127.5WETL
2022-12-21 23:00:03FORECAST20238316321.34.3612.8381.4738042838740.07311.61313.174.7831TF-10.7-66.710331.6871360610427.0238128069160.099771158283472161115127.5WETL
2022-12-21 19:00:03FORECAST20238316321.454.3912.9281.5727246133980.08731.62733.174.7973TF-10.55-66.5510331.7540156738127.0620789599490.1029210448842161115127.5WETL
2022-12-21 15:00:01FORECAST20238316320.514.3512.4381.5379887921630.07841.61843.174.7884TF-11.49-67.4910331.7305328475927.0486404693450.084334302017078161115127.5WETL
2022-12-21 11:00:07FORECAST20238316320.464.112.2881.6351994629170.08451.62453.174.7945TF-11.54-67.5410331.7962459960627.0862527229350.083421046931477161115127.5WETL
2022-12-21 07:00:14FORECAST20238316321.114.4312.7782.1183006064860.11161.65163.174.8216TF-10.89-67.8910332.1225755101927.2733414939460.095882835297883161115127.5WETL
2022-12-21 03:00:18FORECAST20238316321.264.1112.68582.4094935787490.14261.69263.174.8626TF-10.74-70.7410332.3190798271927.3862470751150.098943169007012161115127.5WETL
2022-12-20 23:00:05FORECAST20238316320.543.612.0772.1161692019920.11111.01113.174.1811TF-11.46-65.4610325.2838880521623.4582279094520.084885832472582161114126WETL
2022-12-20 19:00:05FORECAST20238316322.614.5913.672.9245291198130.24371.13373.174.3037TF-9.39-64.3910325.8430585238923.7619516098150.12973116289733161114126WETL
2022-12-20 15:00:06FORECAST20238316322.693.9513.3273.3208085850650.29911.18913.174.3591TF-9.31-64.3110326.1167596252723.9111445088660.13174330727229161114126WETL
2022-12-20 11:00:02FORECAST20238316324.013.913.95577.6126361113680.35971.25973.174.4297TF-7.99-62.9910329.063444036525.5394813395580.16805100304967161114126WETL
2022-12-20 07:00:19FORECAST20238316327.276.3716.8278.9460860317830.50931.66933.174.8393TF-4.73-63.7310329.972443208126.0500328896240.282269932771441621151210WETL
2022-12-20 03:00:26FORECAST20238316327.946.5717.25580.3890096168860.5151.8153.174.985TF-4.06-63.0610330.95260738426.6049523377260.309649574413151621151210WETL
2022-12-19 23:00:07FORECAST20238316322.984.0413.5175.0549703036650.31311.713134.7131TF-9.02-66.0210327.311269793924.5663376344360.13921674782202161115127.5WETL
2022-12-19 19:00:06FORECAST20238316324.113.613.85574.3417236264460.17551.615534.6155TF-7.89-64.8910326.8206143386724.2964077865910.17104138914253161115127.5WETL
2022-12-19 15:00:10FORECAST20238316325.111.4213.26575.3236447175060.22121.791234.7912TF-6.89-65.8910327.4958654815824.6681822179870.2027897838634161115127.5WETL
2022-12-19 11:00:10FORECAST20238316321.760.0710.91574.8936669401710.06021.580234.5802TF-10.24-69.2410327.2003840242624.5052365838090.10965769784295161115127.5WETL
2022-12-19 07:00:20FORECAST20238316322.451.2211.83575.6398185545820.05841.57842.994.5684TF-9.55-67.5510327.7129348781424.7881469321720.12577078642064161115127.5WETL
2022-12-19 03:00:24FORECAST20238316323.521.3512.43575.2667297925150.09831.52832.974.4983TF-8.48-62.4810327.4567719770724.6466003751270.15388667604128161115127.5WETL
2022-12-18 23:00:04FORECAST20238316325.267.3516.30575.5782009826850.2211.7113.014.721TF-6.74-62.7410327.6706449607524.7647578609690.20783794635703161115127.5WETL
2022-12-18 19:00:05FORECAST20238316325.346.8616.174.3132222732470.19761.43762.994.4276TF-6.66-59.6610326.8009892598624.2856345539850.21056031426623161114126WETL
2022-12-18 15:00:05FORECAST20238316325.348.0516.69574.4085774728410.19951.55952.974.5295TF-6.66-57.6610326.8666420876124.3216818610640.21056031426623161115127.5WETL
2022-12-18 11:00:04FORECAST20238316333.9617.3325.64578.4556838775991.26062.72062.965.6806TT1.96-48.0410329.6384989496325.8620138674780.585246205518961631151212.5WETL
2022-12-18 07:00:15FORECAST20238316335.0220.9627.9979.2054593862051.70083.07083.036.1008TT3.02-40.9810330.1488979804126.1495951303880.633347653139191631151212.5WETL
2022-12-18 03:00:19FORECAST20238316336.9820.9728.97580.6674437696111.68653.05653.076.1265TT4.98-45.0210331.1413319095526.7123247716080.716546604556551641151215WETL
2022-12-17 23:00:03FORECAST20238316331.5310.4220.97581.0662022369980.97091.87093.014.8809TF-0.47-56.4710331.411380712726.8662620124990.471246002457841621151210WETL
2022-12-17 19:00:01FORECAST20238316331.4510.4220.93581.4044809820230.97091.93092.954.8809TF-0.55-55.5510331.6402568568926.997002982180.467481536844581621151210WETL
2022-12-17 15:00:05FORECAST20238316328.6810.4119.54578.7510942671750.82051.41052.934.3405TF-3.32-57.3210329.8397114267725.9752382076280.34116057123457162114128WETL
2022-12-17 11:00:12FORECAST20238316326.7912.3319.5674.0628508371860.11850.59852.933.5285TF-5.21-56.2110326.6285307892224.1910401550110.26339863630262162113126DRYL
2022-12-17 07:00:22FORECAST20238316326.7212.419.5673.5704093507770.11850.55852.893.4485FF-5.28-59.2810326.2890117712424.0052161626710.26070130637984162113126DRYL
2022-12-17 03:00:14FORECAST20238316326.0612.1719.11577.1750130309080.39840.91842.93.8184TF-5.94-64.9410328.7644492238825.3724006529530.23598486660253161113124.5DRYL
2022-12-16 23:00:07FORECAST20238316323.797.7815.78585.5324149470071.02651.61652.934.5465TF-8.21-63.2110334.4173930434628.6035272272890.16159107234744161115127.5WETL
2022-12-16 19:00:08FORECAST20238316324.5110.3117.4186.6487210914571.152.033.045.07TF-7.49-57.4910335.163418120229.0414815367570.1833397853076161115127.5WETL
2022-12-16 15:00:05FORECAST20238316324.6410.5717.60585.0005474571581.151.713.044.75TF-7.36-57.3610334.0612024056728.3953850886780.18745235973522161115127.5WETL
2022-12-16 11:00:07FORECAST20238316340.729.9935.34575.4941775924674.04378.53373.0211.5537TT8.7-18.310327.612966616324.7328714833260.844434708249781641151215WETL
2022-12-16 07:00:27FORECAST20238316340.7329.9735.3576.4917061176454.04378.62373.0211.6437TT8.73-16.2710328.2969320865525.1119924484890.845281576090551641151215WETL
2022-12-16 03:00:29FORECAST20238316340.0931.5935.8481.8608694748044.21118.48113.0611.5411TT8.09-24.9110331.9487334476627.1736119410850.826555059723541641151215WETL
2022-12-15 23:00:09FORECAST20238316341.9829.9235.9583.7466032384123.11956.02952.968.9895TT9.98-24.0210333.219531345627.906003882890.877875296462311651151217.5WETL
2022-12-15 19:00:06FORECAST20238316341.5533.4437.49574.922631635163.02945.70943.068.7694TT9.55-16.4510327.2202987504824.5162059068290.867253543313291651151217.5WETL
2022-12-15 15:00:10FORECAST20238316341.5733.437.48575.2514692555682.52875.20873.068.2687TT9.57-16.4310327.4462889173624.6408143433150.867761223610151651151217.5WETL
2022-12-15 11:00:09FORECAST20238316334.0732.6333.3583.2961440296622.92075.36073.048.4007TT2.07-28.9310332.9165195343127.7306623609840.590311473301661631151212.5WETL
2022-12-15 07:00:34FORECAST20238316334.0732.6333.3583.4241159838282.45764.89763.097.9876TT2.07-26.9310333.0026380898827.7804507029310.590311473301661631151212.5WETL
2022-12-15 03:00:27FORECAST20238316333.132.8632.9889.5665415970461.20773.62773.146.7677TT1.1-31.910337.1034304613130.193188426920.54522029590471631151212.5WETL