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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Friday, December 23, 2022

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DAY 84 OF WATER YEAR 2023, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 12/24/2022 07:00:18 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): 34.89°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 27.78°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 31.34°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.597
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: -60

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: 1.69 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 1.96 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 4.34 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 6.30 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: 80 in
SWE DAY: 9
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 329.78 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 26.44 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: 164

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 3
D1: 1
D2: 1
D3: 5
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 12.5

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
2022-12-24 07:00:18OBSERVATION20238416434.8900827.7800831.3350880.1655220833331.69000000000011.96000000000014.346.3000000000001TT2.89008-60.109929329.78412246567 26.4373163522550.5973991247123916 31151212.5WETL
2022-12-24 03:00:18OBSERVATION20238416434.8900827.7800831.3350880.1655220833331.69000000000011.96000000000014.346.3000000000001TT2.89008-60.109929329.78412246567 26.4373163522550.5973991247123916 31151212.5WETL
2022-12-23 11:00:03FORECAST20238416436.9226.7831.8582.8014123694120.73581.00584.345.3458TF4.92-58.089331.5732057364427.4547297388310.681203652850471631141210WETL
2022-12-23 07:00:26FORECAST20238416443.9527.1635.55581.2562979513480.92541.19544.345.5354TF11.95-51.059330.5259283740826.857313316610.894129796164421651141214WETL
2022-12-23 03:00:11FORECAST20238416444.3922.9933.6983.4390569821121.3141.5844.345.924TF12.39-50.619332.0042041037927.7021177045170.902774772513881651151217.5WETL
2022-12-22 23:00:03FORECAST20238416444.3525.4234.88584.7894215779351.3871.7074.346.047TT12.35-54.659332.914644762328.2276401642190.902010882293541651151217.5WETL
2022-12-22 19:00:03FORECAST20238416436.0825.4630.7787.3169106460621.67821.99824.346.3382TT4.08-62.929334.6103547350629.2171424456490.647354548021631151212.5WETL
2022-12-22 15:00:03FORECAST20238416444.325.5834.9485.1638780169341.56041.88044.346.2204TT12.3-54.79333.1665576438728.3737560745050.901049866844781651151217.5WETL
2022-12-22 11:00:05FORECAST20238416444.5123.7434.12585.5064920342241.63321.95324.346.2932TT12.51-54.499333.396838955428.5075941543760.905040297184661651151217.5WETL
2022-12-22 07:00:13FORECAST20238416438.7223.3331.02585.9614643843971.84192.15194.346.4919TT6.72-61.289333.7023301310728.6855409665520.748605484759431641151215WETL
2022-12-22 03:00:14FORECAST20238416438.7122.6830.69585.9914293684711.80692.11694.346.4569TT6.71-62.299333.7224377304428.6972694327710.748252900068761641151215WETL
2022-12-21 23:00:06FORECAST20238416437.0923.0430.06583.4111514695681.6091.6894.346.029TT5.09-57.919331.9853567413427.691280876830.68788514182711631151212.5WETL
2022-12-21 19:00:06FORECAST20238416438.7423.0830.9182.58437053781.62971.72974.346.0697TT6.74-56.269331.4263429581527.3706359128440.749309871494831641151215WETL
2022-12-21 15:00:04FORECAST20238416439.5822.3530.96583.0126322982921.60821.69824.346.0382TT7.58-55.429331.7160513721927.5366226000010.777928877489841641151215WETL
2022-12-21 11:00:09FORECAST20238416436.3622.3929.37583.5731595271311.6251.7154.346.055TT4.36-59.649332.0947582300927.7542082076870.658784302227961631151212.5WETL
2022-12-21 07:00:14FORECAST20238416439.2722.9131.0983.75421387331.38531.50534.345.8453TF7.27-56.739332.2169681205227.8245710003060.76758975620531641151215WETL
2022-12-21 03:00:18FORECAST20238416436.5322.9529.7485.083192406491.38391.54394.345.8839TF4.53-62.479333.1122972282828.3422576780420.665654227373991631151212.5WETL
2022-12-20 23:00:06FORECAST20238416438.3822.2830.3375.6170322737931.4931.6533.665.313TF6.38-54.629326.6685731581924.7017080393370.736472888625861641151215WETL
2022-12-20 19:00:05FORECAST20238416441.2124.1632.68575.3275021220861.32811.60813.665.2681TF9.21-50.799326.4690344186924.5920968829690.827803370359591641151215WETL
2022-12-20 15:00:07FORECAST20238416441.4224.5732.99573.7987343363341.57271.91273.665.5727TF9.42-50.589325.4129999303624.015067531450.833666142837641641151215WETL
2022-12-20 11:00:02FORECAST20238416438.3225.8332.07578.4667066047871.8872.2973.665.957TT6.32-52.689328.6247051436725.7860983215930.734301279655211641151215WETL
2022-12-20 07:00:20FORECAST20238416444.0228.9936.50578.6241540317831.99962.55963.926.4796TT12.02-47.989328.7323712374325.8463045914050.895540982800311651151217.5WETL
2022-12-20 03:00:27FORECAST20238416444.5429.5337.03580.1750803078681.8212.3914.066.451TT12.54-46.469329.7906316745226.4409903792880.905600573111381651151217.5WETL
2022-12-19 23:00:08FORECAST20238416438.5724.9331.7575.4066550987031.23491.59493.995.5849TF6.57-55.439326.523599738324.6220524670530.743289464288661641151215WETL
2022-12-19 19:00:07FORECAST20238416439.4426.0632.7574.2165266858711.30191.53194.035.5619TF7.44-53.569325.7020077360724.1724717487860.773292385191851641151215WETL
2022-12-19 15:00:11FORECAST20238416439.4226.7533.08575.2012888017591.36291.62294.175.7929TF7.42-54.589326.382004632724.544347390080.772625606335221641151215WETL
2022-12-19 11:00:10FORECAST20238416438.4622.6930.57577.3762998986661.25781.36784.115.4778TF6.46-58.549327.8778776502725.3699769912060.739354229371541641141212WETL
2022-12-19 07:00:21FORECAST20238416434.723.3329.01577.9715025581621.26171.40174.075.4717TF2.7-61.39328.2857926553925.5969365218380.589245317060031631141210WETL
2022-12-19 03:00:26FORECAST20238416434.7624.5529.65578.0733325828751.64171.85173.935.7817TF2.76-55.249328.3555188840725.6358096312580.591823466650271631151212.5WETL
2022-12-18 23:00:04FORECAST20238416437.1126.4931.876.6315037848551.49881.858845.8588TT5.11-53.899327.3665711369825.0865926351190.688667211001681631151212.5WETL
2022-12-18 19:00:05FORECAST20238416436.3825.8831.1377.1977824003231.51611.98613.65.5861TF4.38-51.629327.7554125560325.3019910190280.659595318937891631151212.5WETL
2022-12-18 15:00:06FORECAST20238416436.425.8731.13577.3606233941731.51612.01613.675.6861TF4.4-49.69327.8671256085525.3640052275330.660405598670161631151212.5WETL
2022-12-18 11:00:04FORECAST20238416438.4130.2834.34578.4106944852111.20942.85943.676.5294TT6.41-37.599328.5863924111125.7646872273450.737555290791351641151215WETL
2022-12-18 07:00:16FORECAST20238416438.8529.5734.2179.295005618751.20943.33943.616.9494TT6.85-30.159329.1906323850526.1031730446120.753165267464271641151215WETL
2022-12-18 03:00:20FORECAST20238416437.6230.4234.0280.3808811029451.07383.24383.66.8438TT5.62-35.389329.9307449381226.5201239810770.708315056739241641151215WETL
2022-12-17 23:00:03FORECAST20238416438.0929.9534.0281.0448564503671.03262.32263.235.5526TF6.09-45.919330.3822935105926.7757855513090.725893690904681641151215WETL
2022-12-17 19:00:02FORECAST20238416438.0829.9133.99581.3870379831831.03262.31263.245.5526TF6.08-45.929330.6147031294926.9077514013990.725525187151761641151215WETL
2022-12-17 15:00:05FORECAST20238416437.5628.5933.07580.0734915156440.96712.01712.934.9471TF5.56-47.449329.7214410045326.4019470088020.706033732365021641151215WETL
2022-12-17 11:00:12FORECAST20238416438.1223.230.6673.8850748371860.87991.23992.814.0499TF6.12-45.889325.4727511049824.0475785728560.726997735243861641141212WETL
2022-12-17 07:00:23FORECAST20238416438.0422.8930.46573.396842684110.87991.23992.733.9699TF6.04-48.969325.1347018738423.8638605645790.724048734947271641141212DRYL
2022-12-17 03:00:15FORECAST20238416438.2223.5530.88579.3480788919430.60421.12422.944.0642TF6.22-54.789329.2268536091926.1235183535280.730661905208211641141212WETL
2022-12-16 23:00:08FORECAST20238416440.8524.6132.7386.5930954790981.84742.99743.046.0374TT8.85-50.159334.125853978628.9329919756040.81745093792361641151215WETL
2022-12-16 19:00:08FORECAST20238416439.0425.3332.18589.471959235131.21432.66433.265.9243TT7.04-45.969336.0476185078230.0668388241940.759749235093641641151215WETL
2022-12-16 15:00:05FORECAST20238416437.2225.4531.33588.054937842320.75392.10393.045.1439TF5.22-47.789335.103452306529.5075136635950.692953323075491631151212.5WETL
2022-12-16 11:00:08FORECAST20238416441.136.3138.70575.1419055924671.94029.85023.2813.1302TT9.1-4.99326.3410475746724.5218881878030.824680533727011641151215WETL
2022-12-16 07:00:27FORECAST20238416441.1236.3138.71576.2208327843121.55869.46863.3712.8386TT9.12-2.889327.0842293124624.930632348810.825250970856581641151215WETL
2022-12-16 03:00:29FORECAST20238416440.7837.9939.38581.6955574748040.58438.41433.3511.7643TT8.78-12.229330.8240764009227.026857347660.815393824925871641151215WETL