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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Sunday, May 5, 2024

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DAY 218 OF WATER YEAR 2024, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 04/27/2024 04:00:04 AM

THIS DAY'S DEBRIS FLOW HAZARD CLASS:
L
LOW

MODEL USED FOR HAZARD CLASS DETERMINATION:

DRY

MODEL VARIABLES AND OUTPUT:
Temperature at Paradise MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmax): 38.75°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 31.82°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 35.29°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.238
Maximum Percentile on this day is based on 16 years of historic (1917-2017) records:


Forecasted temperatures from DarkSky
DEBRIS FLOW HAZARD MODEL:


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Degree Days above 32°F
(DD32)
TODAY'S DD32: 7
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 136

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: 0.06 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 0.06 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 3.24 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 3.30 in

PRECIP THRESHOLD A (PA) EXCEEDED: False
P3 > (-0.67 * P15 + 2.5)

PRECIP THRESHOLD B (PB) EXCEEDED: False
P3 > (-0.67 * P15 + 4.5)

Forecasted precipitation from DarkSky
Snow at Paradise DEPTH: 121 in
SWE DAY: 125
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 442.30 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 53.45 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.

Forecasted snow from DarkSky
Seasonal Variables DAYS SINCE JULY 11: -68

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: 1
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 1.5

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
2024-04-27 04:00:04FORECAST2024218-6838.7531.8235.285120.838752677050.0555118410.0555118413.243.295511841FF6.75135.75125442.2967870650353.4465920620050.23776577545205161111121.5DRYL
2024-04-27 00:00:03FORECAST2024218-6838.06630.68634.376116.143596724510.2838584210.3838584213.093.473858421FF6.066137.066125440.4300011966851.1531244443650.21888801635425161112123DRYL
2024-04-26 20:00:03FORECAST2024218-6857.09237.447.246112.884302275270.0417323060.0717323063.023.091732306FF25.092159.092125439.1209577680849.5698629320980.83166671281745164111123DRYL
2024-04-26 16:00:03FORECAST2024218-6854.01436.24845.131113.417156770770.0283464720.0483464722.973.018346472FF22.014147.014125439.3357119668849.8282073191440.75166179953227164111123DRYL
2024-04-26 12:00:03FORECAST2024218-6851.76433.40442.584114.9887970300.172.953.12FF19.764139.764125439.9674335100550.5913259116980.68237298052185163112125DRYL
2024-04-26 08:00:04FORECAST2024218-6842.96226.34834.655118.534721032600.233.263.49FF10.962125.962125441.3834898486952.3192688376090.37106358500887162112124DRYL
2024-04-26 04:00:05FORECAST2024218-6844.27626.43835.357119.204061615160.0043307110.2743307113.313.584330711FF12.276126.276125441.6493614214952.6463976911810.4171829457891162112124DRYL
2024-04-26 00:00:03FORECAST2024218-6830.54225.37627.959125.35997368130.0425197080.2725197083.613.882519708TF-1.458128.542125444.073497701455.669041984410.071662387877116161112123DRYL
2024-04-25 20:00:03FORECAST2024218-6826.16819.43622.802120.1440878220.0877953230.3577953233.383.737795323TF-5.832121.168125442.0219908126453.106328883450.031147398304192161112123DRYL
2024-04-25 16:00:03FORECAST2024218-6826.18620.9323.558123.026174864270.0917323330.4417323333.513.951732333TF-5.814111.186125443.15892939154.520147939920.031263434056897161112123DRYL
2024-04-25 12:00:03FORECAST2024218-6832.5424.67428.607116.7270218533900.093.133.22FF0.54133.54125440.663183141951.4373010085880.10013686742917161111121.5DRYL
2024-04-25 08:00:03FORECAST2024218-6828.52626.67227.599130.252389316260.1271654230.4271654233.363.787165423TF-3.474121.526125445.9732308035658.0890788832570.049667581499677161112123DRYL
2024-04-25 04:00:05FORECAST2024218-6828.7627.62628.193125.840955659040.1763780480.4763780483.243.716378048TF-3.24117.76125444.2613119015555.9062680520280.051905359702015161112123DRYL