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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Saturday, May 31, 2025

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DAY 243 OF WATER YEAR 2025, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 06/01/2025 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): 58.29°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 37.19°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 47.74°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.737
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: 26
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 307

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: 0.01 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 0.07 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 2.31 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 2.38 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: 83 in
SWE DAY: 150
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 442.05 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 36.61 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: -42

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 4
D1: 1
D2: 2
D3: 1
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 3.5

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
2025-06-01 04:00:03OBSERVATION2025243-4258.2900837.1899447.7400182.8213566666670.00999999999999090.0699999999999912.312.38FF26.29008307.29008150442.05320426387 36.6114460959810.7371160413876216 4121123.5DRYL
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2025-05-31 12:00:01FORECAST2025243-4250.84634.14242.49485.30525680.0417323060.1017323062.312.411732306FF18.846299.846150443.0333630564337.7930748064970.48172779482751162122125DRYL
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2025-05-25 20:00:02FORECAST2025243-4252.9739.9246.44593.63485920.0035433090.1335433092.282.413543309FF20.97273.97150446.2754878707141.7869424711850.55894088384103163122126DRYL
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