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MONTANA SOIL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
530 PM MST SAT NOV 07 2009
.. DAILY SOIL TEMPERATURE/MOISTURE SUMMARY
SOIL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE OBSERVATIONS FROM ACROSS MONTANA
SOIL TEMPERATURE IS IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
SOIL TEMPERATURE /F/ AT LISTED DEPTH
2IN 4IN 6IN 8IN 12IN 20IN 25IN 30IN 40IN
ALBERTON NR 33 34 37 39
ASHLAND NR 43
BANNACK SFC 41
BOZEMAN EXP ST 38 38 39 43
BOZEMAN 12SE M 37 38 40
BROCKWAY NR 40 40
COOKE CITY NR 33 34 36 M
CONRAD SCAN 41 39 43 42 46
FISHTAIL 42 43 45
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN 35
GREAT FALLS M M M M
HAVRE SCAN 44 41 40 45 48
HAYS 25SW M
HELENA 37
JORDAN SCAN 44 42 40 43 M
LINDSAY SCAN 44 44 41 43 44
LOOKOUT PASS M 36 37 M
MANY GLACIER 38
MAXVILLE NR 34 36 38 39
MIZPAH 12NE 44 44
MOCCASIN SCAN 42 41 42 45 46
MOSBY 19NNE M
MOUNT LOCKHART 34 34 36 36
POPLAR M M M M
RONAN 5SE M
ST MARY SFC 29
SAVAGE NR M M
SIDNEY 6NW 43 42
SIDNEY 8SW 44 40
SIDNEY SCAN 42 41 41 43 M
THREE FKS SCAN 44 42 40 44 48
TIBER DAM SCAN 43 37 37 42 46
UTICA 11SW SFC 38
WEST YELLOWSTONE 35 34 37 41
WINNETT NR 49 46
WOLF POINT SFC 39
ZORTMAN 46 45
GROUND TEMPERATURE /F/ AT THE SURFACE AND 18 INCHES DEEP AT MT DOT
SITES
ABERDEEN HILL 48 50
ALZADA DOT 48 48
ARROW CREEK 51 52
AVON NORTH 34 34
BEARSMOUTH DOT 49 46
BEAVER HILL 50 49
BIG HOLE PASS 37 36
BOULDER PASS 37
BOWMANS CORNER 56 44
BOZEMAN PASS 42 46
BULL MOUNTAIN 47 36
COMERSTOWN 37 43
COW CREEK 48 46
CRYSTAL CREEK 38 41
DEARBORN 45 48
DENTON DOT 46 45
DICKEY LAKE 40 40
EAST LIVINSTON 49 49
EKALAKA DOT 51 11
ESSEX DOT 33 38
FLATHEAD BRDG M M
GARRISON DOT 48 43
GEORGETOWN LAK 37 36
GOVERNMENT HIL 50 49
GREENOUGH HILL 57 42
HAYS DOT 48 44
HELMVILLE DOT 46 43
HILLSIDE DOT 59 45
HYSHAM HILLS 55 51
INGOMAR DOT 62 48
JUDITH GAP 43 45
KARST DOT 42 39
LAME DEER 45 49
LEWISTOWN DVD 39 40
LINDSAY DIVIDE 45 47
LOMA DOT 48 49
LUFBOROUGH 59 48
MACDONALD PASS 35 39
MCDONALDS DOT 41 43
MONARCH CANYON 41 43
MONIDA PASS 41 43
NINEMILE DOT 44 42
NORRIS HILL 43 45
PENDROY DOT 39 40
RAYNOLDS PASS 41 41
REDSTONE HILL 41 44
REEDPOINT DOT 50 49
ROGERS PASS 34 38
ROSCOE HILL 55 45
SACO DOT 50 46
SIEBEN DOT 43
SIOUX PASS 48 46
SWAN LAKE 39 41
SWEENEY CREEK 51 51
SWEET GRASS 40 42
TROUT CREEK 45 42
TWO MEDICINE 30 38
US2 STATELINE M M
YAAK HILL 51 43
YELLOWSTONE B 54 51
SOIL MOISTURE /VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE IN PERCENT/ AT LISTED DEPTH
SOIL MOISTURE IS IN UNITS OF PERCENT VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE.
VALUES AT OR NEAR ZERO MAY BE ERRONEOUS.
2IN 4IN 6IN 8IN 12IN 20IN 25IN 30IN 40IN
ALBERTON NR 19 0 7 11
BOZEMAN 12SE M 21 48 48
CONRAD SCAN 25 28 24 30 36
COOKE CITY NR 4 0 9 M
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN 36
HAVRE SCAN 14 20 20 16 20
JORDAN SCAN 25 32 34 19 20
LINDSAY SCAN 13 14 15 10 11
LOOKOUT PASS M 34 37
MANY GLACIER 12
MAXVILLE NR 7 13 0 12
MOCCASIN SCAN 29 30 34 13 5
MOUNT LOCKHART 37 37 36
POPLAR M M M M
SIDNEY SCAN 25 29 30 12 M
THREE FKS SCAN 23 29 35 30 5
TIBER DAM SCAN 16 14 19 7 4
WEST YELLOWSTO 10 2 1 1
FIELD CAPACITY OF SILT LOAM AND CLAY LOAM SOILS IS 35 PERCENT OF
VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE. THE PLANT AVAILABLE WATER OF THESE SOILS
IS AVAILABLE TO PLANTS AT VALUES BETWEEN 13 AND 40 PERCENT. TO
APPROXIMATE PLANT AVAILABLE WATER AS LISTED IN THE NEXT SECTION...
DIVIDE THE LISTED VALUE BY 40 AND MULTIPLY BY 100. FOR EXAMPLE...
30/40 TIMES 100 EQUALS 75 PERCENT.
SOIL MOISTURE /CENTIBARS/ AT LISTED DEPTH
VALUES ARE IN CENTIBARS. 200 CB IS DRY...0 IS WET.
2IN 4IN 6IN 8IN 12IN 20IN 25IN 30IN
ASHLAND NR 47
BROCKWAY NR 64 76
FISHTAIL 155 30 29
GREAT FALLS M M M M
MIZPAH 12NE 58 97
MOSBY 19NNE M
RONAN 5SE M M M
WINNETT NR 68 23
ZORTMAN 21 14
FOLLOWING IS A TABLE ON CONVERTING CENTIBARS TO AVAILABLE WATER
IN LOAM AND CLAY/LOAM SOILS
10CB OR LESS...MORE THAN 95 PERCENT PLANT AVAILABLE WATER
20CB...........80 PERCENT PLANT AVAILABLE WATER
30CB...........75 PERCENT PLANT AVAILABLE WATER
40CB...........65 PERCENT PLANT AVAILABLE WATER
50CB...........55 PERCENT PLANT AVAILABLE WATER
60CB...........50 PERCENT PLANT AVAILABLE WATER
70CB...........45 PERCENT PLANT AVAILABLE WATER
80CB...........40 PERCENT PLANT AVAILABLE WATER
81-85CB........38 PERCENT PLANT AVAILABLE WATER
85CB OR MORE...NO AVAILABLE WATER
.END
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