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Daily Debris Flow Hazard (DFH) for Sunday, February 16, 2025

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DAY 139 OF WATER YEAR 2025, FORECAST LAST UPDATED 02/06/2025 07:00:03 PM

THIS DAY'S DEBRIS FLOW HAZARD CLASS:
L
LOW

MODEL USED FOR HAZARD CLASS DETERMINATION:

WET

MODEL VARIABLES AND OUTPUT:
Temperature at Paradise MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmax): 29.73°F
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (Tmin): 24.84°F
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (Tavg): 27.28°F

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PERCENTILE (Tmax percentile): 0.309
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: -2
18-DAY CUMULATIVE DD32: -155

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: 0.96 in
DAY 1-3 (P3): 2.49 in
DAY 4-15 (P15): 3.28 in
18-DAY TOTAL (P18): 5.77 in

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

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

Forecasted precipitation from DarkSky
Snow at Paradise DEPTH: 168 in
SWE DAY: 47
CALCULATED SNOW DENSITY: 412.03 kg/m3
CALCULATED SWE: 69.04 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: -145

July 11 is the average snow melt-out day (where snow depth goes down to 0 in) at Paradise
Calculated Variables D0: 2
D1: 1
D2: 1
D3: 5
D4: 1
D5: 2
HSdry: 10.0

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
2025-02-06 19:00:03FORECAST2025139-14529.73224.83627.284167.556588980610.9570871312.4870871313.285.767087131TT-2.268-155.26847412.0302878413869.0383895874020.30862167993891621151210WETL
2025-02-06 15:00:03FORECAST2025139-14537.09431.2834.187163.850236853191.4602370092.8402370093.145.980237009TT5.094-140.90647410.2722230445767.2232009201380.65542709895191631151212.5WETL
2025-02-06 11:00:04FORECAST2025139-14520.89418.8619.877146.312214168050.0023622060.2723622063.33.572362206FF-11.106-174.10647401.7250882762358.7772871525520.056923373269114161112123DRYL
2025-02-06 07:00:04FORECAST2025139-14517.99613.80215.899147.806993529070.0405512030.3105512033.413.720551203TF-14.004-182.00447402.4685011619859.4876591469040.026385648039908161112123DRYL
2025-02-06 03:00:05FORECAST2025139-14514.34213.71214.027149.6972539730300.653.424.07TF-17.658-171.65847403.4045699449360.3885563609250.0085148595041379161113124.5WETL