diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/difficulty_index.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/difficulty_index.rst
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--- a/docs/Users_Guide/difficulty_index.rst
+++ b/docs/Users_Guide/difficulty_index.rst
@@ -20,4 +20,27 @@ Decision Difficulty Index Computation
 
 Consider the following formulation of a forecast decision difficulty index:
 
-  .. math :: \text{d_{i,j}} = \frac{A(\bar{x}_{i,j})}{2}(\frac{(sigma/\bar{x})_{i,j}{(sigma/\bar{x})_{ref}}}+[1-\frac{1}{2}|P(x_{i,j}\geq\text{thresh})-P(x_{i,j}<thresh)|]) 
+  .. math :: d_{i,j} = \frac{A(\bar{x}_{i,j})}{2}(\frac{(\sigma/\bar{x})_{i,j}}{(\sigma/\bar{x})_{ref}}+[1-\frac{1}{2}|P(x_{i,j}\geq thresh)-P(x_{i,j}<thresh)|])
+
+# where :math:`\sigma` is the ensemble standard deviation, :math:`\bar{x}` is the ensemble mean, 
+# :math:`P(x_{i,j}\geq thresh)` is the ensemble (sample) probability of being greater than or equal 
+# to the threshold, and  :math:`P(x_{i,j}<thresh)` is the ensemble probability of being less than 
+# the threshold. The :math:`(\sigma/\bar{x})` expression is a measure of spread normalized by the 
+# mean, and it allows one to identify situations of truly significant uncertainty. Because the 
+# difficulty index is defined only for positive definite quantities such as significant wave height, 
+# division by zero is avoided. :math:`(\sigma/\bar{x})_{ref}` is a (scalar) reference value, for 
+# example the maximum value of :math:`(\sigma/\bar{x})` obtained over the last 5 days as a function 
+# of geographic region.
+#
+# The first term in the outer brackets is large when the uncertainty in the current forecast is 
+# large relative to a reference. The second term is minimum when all the probability is either 
+# above or below the threshold, and maximum when the probability is evenly distributed about the 
+# threshold. So it penalizes the split case, where the ensemble members are close to evenly split on 
+# either side of the threshold. The A term outside the brackets is a weighting to account for 
+# heuristic forecast difficulty situations. Its values for winds are given below.
+#
+# .. math :: A = 0 if \bar{x} is above 50kt
+# .. math :: A = 0 if \bar{x} is below 5kt
+# .. math :: A = 1.5 if \bar{x} is between 28kt and 34kt
+# .. math :: \text{A} = 1.5 - 1.5[\frac{\bar{x}(kt)-34kt}{16kt}] for 34kt\leq\bar{x}\leq 50kt
+# .. math :: \text{A} = 1.5[\frac{\bar{x}(kt)-5kt}{23kt}] for 5kt\leq\bar{x}\leq 28kt