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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Monday, October 16, 2023

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DAY 16 OF WATER YEAR 2024, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 10/17/2023 04:00:04 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:
MH
MEDIUM HIGH

MODEL USED FOR HAZARD CLASS DETERMINATION:

WET

MODEL VARIABLES AND OUTPUT:
Temperature at Paradise MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmax): 55.93°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 33.70°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 44.81°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.753
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: 24
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 352

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: 0.89 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 1.37 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 4.37 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 5.74 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: 0 in
SWE DAY: 78
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 345.04 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 0.00 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: 96

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 4
D1: 4
D2: 2
D3: 4
D4: 5
D5: 2
HSdry: 100.0

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
2023-10-17 04:00:04OBSERVATION2024169655.9299233.6999244.8149200.889999999999991.374.375.74TF23.92992351.9299278345.03906033777 00.7530732988080416 442452100WETMH
2023-10-17 00:00:01FORECAST2024169646.11232.0939.10100.98425251.46425254.375.8342525TF14.112342.11277344.0763607963800.408780499236961624245280WETM
2023-10-16 12:00:02FORECAST2024169647.80434.28641.04500.913386321.393386324.375.76338632TF15.804343.80477344.0763607963800.470895193601341624245280WETMH
2023-10-16 08:00:02FORECAST2024169645.33833.13439.23600.799213031.279213034.375.64921303TF13.338341.33877344.0763607963800.381018855550421624245280WETM
2023-10-16 04:00:04FORECAST2024169645.15834.28639.72200.692913761.172913764.375.54291376TF13.158341.15877344.0763607963800.374643812280041624245280WETM
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