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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Wednesday, October 1, 2025

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DAY 1 OF WATER YEAR 2026, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 10/02/2025 04:00:02 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:
VH
VERY HIGH

MODEL USED FOR HAZARD CLASS DETERMINATION:

DRY

MODEL VARIABLES AND OUTPUT:
Temperature at Paradise MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmax): 40.20°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 37.02°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 38.61°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.109
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: 8
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 485

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: 0.86 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 1.36 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 1.85 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 2.05 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: 0 in
SWE DAY: 93
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 359.05 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: 81

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 1
D1: 4
D2: 3
D3: 4
D4: 5
D5: 2
HSdry: 80.0

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
2025-10-02 04:00:02OBSERVATION202618140.2000837.0200238.6100500.840000000000031.340.692.03FF8.20008485.2000893359.04905602062 00.1090278700241616 14345280DRYVH
2025-10-02 00:00:02FORECAST202618139.6532.77436.21200.9988194371.4988194370.692.188819437FF7.65484.6593359.0490560206200.100741685851351614345280DRYVH
2025-10-01 12:00:01FORECAST202618140.08234.7937.43601.157480941.657480940.692.34748094FF8.082485.08293359.0490560206200.1072092420463716143552100DRYVH
2025-10-01 08:00:01FORECAST202618140.38834.80837.59801.3724416861.8724416860.692.562441686FF8.388485.38893359.0490560206200.1119675454239816143552100DRYVH
2025-10-01 04:00:03FORECAST202618140.65834.14237.401.2515754791.7515754790.692.441575479FF8.658485.65893359.0490560206200.1162894390039516143552100DRYVH
2025-10-01 00:00:01FORECAST202618140.67634.21437.44500.7393704781.4193704780.692.109370478FF8.676483.67693359.0490560206200.116581703936441614345280DRYVH
2025-09-30 20:00:01FORECAST202618140.71235.07837.89500.6440948361.5640948360.692.254094836FF8.712483.71293359.0490560206200.1171677907855516143552100DRYVH
2025-09-30 16:00:02FORECAST202618141.03635.20438.1200.66929171.58929170.692.2792917FF9.036484.03693359.0490560206200.1225363190728716143552100DRYVH
2025-09-30 12:00:01FORECAST202618141.05436.03238.54300.6090554471.5290554470.692.219055447FF9.054484.05493359.0490560206200.1228395349966316143552100DRYVH
2025-09-30 08:00:01FORECAST202618141.32436.21238.76800.5771656661.3671656660.692.057165666FF9.324484.32493359.0490560206200.127450798103861614345280DRYVH
2025-09-30 04:00:03FORECAST202618142.7135.94239.32600.4429136251.1929136250.691.882913625FF10.71485.7193359.0490560206200.153001703308361614345280DRYVH
2025-09-30 00:00:02FORECAST202618142.76436.21239.48800.318897811.118897810.691.80889781FF10.764480.76493359.0490560206200.154061360828381614345280DRYVH
2025-09-29 20:00:02FORECAST202618142.20636.42839.31700.3685041361.7385041360.692.428504136FF10.206481.20693359.0490560206200.1433442966994516143552100DRYVH
2025-09-29 16:00:01FORECAST202618141.70236.26638.98400.4511813461.8511813460.692.541181346FF9.702481.70293359.0490560206200.1341060537747116143552100DRYVH
2025-09-29 12:00:01FORECAST202618141.88235.97838.9300.5862207892.0162207890.692.706220789FF9.882480.88293359.0490560206200.1373574574302316143552100DRYVH
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2025-09-29 04:00:03FORECAST202618141.95435.20438.57900.5303152471.6903152470.692.380315247FF9.954479.95493359.0490560206200.1386729253897816143552100DRYVH
2025-09-29 00:00:02FORECAST202618140.44235.52837.98500.5594491211.6894491210.692.379449121FF8.442471.44293359.0490560206200.1128226341539816143552100DRYVH
2025-09-28 20:00:02FORECAST202618141.46835.25838.36300.598425521.798425520.692.48842552FF9.468472.46893359.0490560206200.1299586134652516143552100DRYVH
2025-09-28 16:00:02FORECAST202618141.2735.61838.44400.5948822111.7348822110.692.424882211FF9.27472.2793359.0490560206200.1265190748446816143552100DRYVH
2025-09-28 12:00:02FORECAST202618142.31435.6939.00200.7421263851.8221263850.692.512126385FF10.314473.31493359.0490560206200.1453783830537516143552100DRYVH
2025-09-28 08:00:01FORECAST202618142.81836.01439.41600.8866146521.8866146520.692.576614652FF10.818475.81893359.0490560206200.1551258492727216143552100DRYVH
2025-09-28 04:00:03FORECAST202618142.54836.33839.44300.9185044331.7885044330.692.478504433FF10.548475.54893359.0490560206200.1498517067353716143552100DRYVH
2025-09-28 00:00:02FORECAST202618142.9836.53639.75800.6381893211.5281893210.692.218189321FF10.98468.9893359.0490560206200.1583483059462516143552100DRYVH
2025-09-27 20:00:02FORECAST202618142.76437.1339.94700.649606651.639606650.692.32960665FF10.764465.76493359.0490560206200.1540613608283816143552100DRYVH
2025-09-27 16:00:02FORECAST202618142.90837.50840.20800.6019688291.5719688290.692.261968829FF10.908466.90893359.0490560206200.1569107338126716143552100DRYVH
2025-09-27 12:00:02FORECAST202618142.87237.4940.18100.5566932141.2866932140.691.976693214FF10.872467.87293359.0490560206200.15619516931551614345280DRYVH
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2025-09-27 00:00:03FORECAST202618139.54234.3436.94101.2582683962.4282683960.693.118268396TF7.542464.54293359.0490560206200.0991700560505216143552100DRYVH
2025-09-26 20:00:01FORECAST202618139.18234.6136.89601.2838589612.4738589610.693.163858961TF7.182465.18293359.0490560206200.09406044702150616143552100DRYVH
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2025-09-26 04:00:03FORECAST202618138.69633.24235.96900.9472446062.2572446060.692.947244606TF6.696459.69693359.0490560206200.08747323584143816143552100DRYVH
2025-09-26 00:00:02FORECAST202618137.16631.58634.37600.9346461741.6646461740.832.494646174FF5.166456.16693359.0490560206200.06897497995805816143552100DRYVH
2025-09-25 20:00:02FORECAST202618137.23831.71234.47500.9275595561.7075595560.82.507559556FF5.238456.23893359.0490560206200.06977205189831316143552100DRYVH
2025-09-25 16:00:01FORECAST202618137.32831.8234.57400.9968509321.9568509320.82.756850932FF5.328455.32893359.0490560206200.07077830491563316143552100DRYVH
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2025-09-25 08:00:02FORECAST202618144.13233.60238.86700.5606302241.6406302240.792.430630224FF12.132463.13293359.0490560206200.1825161785340916143552100DRYVH
2025-09-25 04:00:04FORECAST202618145.46433.5339.49700.5358270611.3858270610.792.175827061FF13.464466.46493359.0490560206200.213168555149211614345280DRYVH
2025-09-25 00:00:02FORECAST202618144.6935.0639.87500.1503937821.1503937820.81.950393782FF12.69463.6993359.0490560206200.195007420117781614345280DRYVH
2025-09-24 20:00:03FORECAST202618144.09635.47439.78500.1503937821.1503937820.81.950393782FF12.096466.09693359.0490560206200.181727790290241614345280DRYVH
2025-09-24 16:00:02FORECAST202618143.64635.70839.67700.1582678021.2282678020.82.028267802FF11.646469.64693359.0490560206200.172052935883121614345280DRYVH
2025-09-24 12:00:02FORECAST202618142.56636.37439.4700.2098426331.1598426330.791.949842633FF10.566465.56693359.0490560206200.150199560622821614345280DRYVH
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