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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Wednesday, October 22, 2025

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DAY 22 OF WATER YEAR 2026, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 10/23/2025 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): 51.32°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 35.82°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 43.57°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.690
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: 19
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: 251

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: 0.00 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 0.14 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 5.04 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 5.04 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: 72
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 339.21 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: 102

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 3
D1: 5
D2: 2
D3: 1
D4: 5
D5: 2
HSdry: 25.0

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
2025-10-23 04:00:03OBSERVATION20262210251.3199435.8199643.569950002.22.2FF19.31994251.3199472339.20760493838 00.6904587788794916 35215225DRYL
2025-10-23 00:00:01FORECAST20262210248.30835.20441.7560002.22.2FF16.308248.30872339.2076049383800.583635309931021635215225DRYL
2025-10-22 12:00:01FORECAST20262210244.16835.6939.9290002.22.2FF12.168244.16872339.2076049383800.427856009224251625215222.5DRYL
2025-10-22 08:00:02FORECAST20262210245.55436.4140.98200.0129921330.0129921332.22.212992133FF13.554245.55472339.2076049383800.479960348112121625215222.5DRYL
2025-10-22 04:00:04FORECAST20262210246.18436.91441.5490002.22.2FF14.184246.18472339.2076049383800.503812613385441635215225DRYL
2025-10-22 00:00:02FORECAST20262210245.89636.08640.9910002.22.2FF13.896238.89672339.2076049383800.492905270236441625215222.5DRYL
2025-10-21 20:00:01FORECAST20262210245.73435.52840.6310002.22.2FF13.734239.73472339.2076049383800.486771697653811625215222.5DRYL
2025-10-21 16:00:01FORECAST20262210245.48235.56440.5230002.22.2FF13.482239.48272339.2076049383800.477237334307911625215222.5DRYL
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2025-10-21 08:00:02FORECAST20262210246.20235.02440.6130002.22.2FF14.202240.20272339.2076049383800.504494312304361635215225DRYL
2025-10-21 04:00:04FORECAST20262210245.66234.91640.2890002.22.2FF13.662238.66272339.2076049383800.484046583217011625215222.5DRYL
2025-10-21 00:00:01FORECAST20262210245.3235.22240.27100.0602362530.1202362532.22.320236253FF13.32242.3272339.2076049383800.471114630525241625225245DRYM
2025-10-20 20:00:02FORECAST20262210244.85235.0639.95600.0208661530.0808661532.22.280866153FF12.852240.85272339.2076049383800.453470207289641625215222.5DRYL
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2025-10-20 08:00:01FORECAST20262210245.8636.87841.36900.0102362260.0702362262.22.270236226FF13.86242.8672339.2076049383800.491542058036371625215222.5DRYL
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2025-10-20 00:00:02FORECAST20262210246.23835.79841.01800.0917323330.0917323334.584.671732333TF14.238241.23872339.2076049383800.50585766878071635225250WETMH
2025-10-19 20:00:03FORECAST20262210245.60835.38440.49600.1173228980.1273228984.734.857322898TF13.608240.60872339.2076049383800.482003229334881625225245WETMH
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2025-10-19 04:00:04FORECAST20262210247.37236.62641.99900.1519685860.1819685864.664.841968586TF15.372242.37272339.2076049383800.548685765557381635225250WETMH
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2025-10-18 16:00:02FORECAST20262210249.22636.24842.73700.1385827520.1585827524.774.928582752TF17.226246.22672339.2076049383800.617283695212551635225250WETMH
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2025-10-16 08:00:02FORECAST20262210245.26634.59239.929000.033.853.88TF13.266236.26672339.2076049383800.469075173727021625215222.5DRYL
2025-10-16 04:00:03FORECAST20262210245.06834.21439.64100.0358267910.0458267913.843.885826791TF13.068238.06872339.2076049383800.461604509521381625215222.5DRYL
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2025-10-15 16:00:03FORECAST20262210242.74637.00439.87500.007874020.107874023.763.86787402TF10.746231.74672339.2076049383800.375684156364981625225245DRYM
2025-10-15 12:00:02FORECAST20262210241.05433.63837.34600.0783464990.2383464993.673.908346499TF9.054228.05472339.2076049383800.316512902279161625225245DRYM
2025-10-15 08:00:03FORECAST20262210241.14429.98435.56400.0783464990.2383464993.663.898346499TF9.144222.14472339.2076049383800.319560669681551625225245DRYM
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2025-10-14 08:00:02FORECAST20262210240.74832.43236.5900.2472442280.3372442283.643.977244228TF8.748222.74872339.2076049383800.306244248671441625225245DRYM
2025-10-14 04:00:05FORECAST20262210240.94633.0837.01300.1964567990.2864567993.553.836456799TF8.946227.94672339.2076049383800.312871963118141625225245DRYM
2025-10-14 00:00:03FORECAST20262210238.82229.1233.97100.0421260070.5721260073.343.912126007TF6.822230.82272339.2076049383800.245287727346661615235260DRYH
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2025-10-12 12:00:02FORECAST20262210238.67834.89836.788000.493.043.53TF6.678221.67872339.2076049383800.241006853635271615225240DRYM
2025-10-12 08:00:02FORECAST20262210238.67834.89836.788000.493.183.67TF6.678214.67872339.2076049383800.241006853635271615225240DRYM
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