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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Monday, May 12, 2025

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DAY 224 OF WATER YEAR 2025, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 05/13/2025 04:00:03 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:

DRY

MODEL VARIABLES AND OUTPUT:
Temperature at Paradise MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmax): 37.73°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 30.05°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 33.89°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.155
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: 6
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 298

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: 0.34 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 0.54 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 0.62 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 1.16 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)
Snow at Paradise DEPTH: 117 in
SWE DAY: 131
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 444.16 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 51.79 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: -61

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: 2
D3: 3
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 6.0

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
2025-05-13 04:00:03OBSERVATION2025224-6137.7299430.0500633.89116.609018750.340000000000030.540000000000030.621.16FF5.72994297.72994131444.16154961957 51.7932424676170.1553567968776916 1123126DRYL
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2025-05-12 12:00:01FORECAST2025224-6137.7626.20431.982115.80501324340.090551230.290551230.620.91055123FF5.76297.76131443.8472681559551.3997387668450.15600335258283161122124DRYL
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2025-05-07 16:00:02FORECAST2025224-6133.85426.36630.11125.041238881960.0952756420.2852756420.540.825275642FF1.854264.854131447.4192836743455.9458615303180.086475709068292161122124DRYL
2025-05-07 12:00:02FORECAST2025224-6133.18827.55430.371124.897777117560.4287403890.7987403890.541.338740389FF1.188265.188131447.3644395807155.8748240650760.077395660724146161123126DRYL
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2025-05-07 04:00:03FORECAST2025224-6132.50426.7829.642126.337440822330.4204726680.7504726680.561.310472668FF0.504262.504131447.9139046212756.588296418590.068840993510971161123126DRYL
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