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MONTANA SOIL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
530 AM MST SUN NOV 22 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 33 36 38
ASHLAND NR 34
BANNACK SFC 3
BOZEMAN EXP ST 34 35 36 39
BOZEMAN 12SE M 36 36 38
BROCKWAY NR 34 36
COOKE CITY NR 32 33 35 M
CONRAD SCAN 30 34 37 40 43
FISHTAIL 36 36 40
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN 34
GREAT FALLS 34 38 39 41
HAVRE SCAN 34 37 39 42 46
HAYS 25SW M
HELENA 34
JORDAN SCAN 32 34 36 38 M
LINDSAY SCAN 33 34 36 39 41
LOOKOUT PASS M 36 37 M
MANY GLACIER 36
MAXVILLE NR 32 34 36 37
MIZPAH 12NE 36 40
MOCCASIN SCAN 34 36 38 41 43
MOSBY 19NNE M
MOUNT LOCKHART 34 34 35 36
POPLAR M M M M
RONAN 5SE M
ST MARY SFC 23
SAVAGE NR M M
SIDNEY 6NW 32 37
SIDNEY 8SW 33 34
SIDNEY SCAN 34 35 36 39 M
THREE FKS SCAN 34 35 37 41 45
TIBER DAM SCAN 28 34 36 39 43
UTICA 11SW SFC 19
WEST YELLOWSTONE 33 33 35 39
WINNETT NR 35 38
WOLF POINT SFC 23
ZORTMAN 40 40
GROUND TEMPERATURE /F/ AT THE SURFACE AND 18 INCHES DEEP AT MT DOT
SITES
ABERDEEN HILL 26 43
ALZADA DOT 27 43
ARROW CREEK 24 42
AVON NORTH 17 17
BEARSMOUTH DOT 25 37
BEAVER HILL 28 45
BIG HOLE PASS 13 28
BOULDER PASS 17
BOWMANS CORNER 26 38
BOZEMAN PASS 36 38
BULL MOUNTAIN 22 30
COMERSTOWN 25 38
COW CREEK 25 41
CRYSTAL CREEK 30 36
DEARBORN 28 43
DENTON DOT 21 41
DICKEY LAKE 30 37
EAST LIVINSTON 26 42
EKALAKA DOT 26 11
ESSEX DOT 28 36
FLATHEAD BRDG M M
GARRISON DOT 21 37
GEORGETOWN LAK 15 29
GOVERNMENT HIL 26 43
GREENOUGH HILL 22 34
HAYS DOT 24 41
HELMVILLE DOT 20 36
HILLSIDE DOT 24 40
HYSHAM HILLS 28 46
INGOMAR DOT M M
JUDITH GAP 23 35
KARST DOT 18 34
LAME DEER 25 41
LEWISTOWN DVD 20 35
LINDSAY DIVIDE 26 43
LOMA DOT 27 45
LUFBOROUGH 23 43
MACDONALD PASS 11 29
MCDONALDS DOT 25 38
MONARCH CANYON 24 38
MONIDA PASS 24 38
NINEMILE DOT 26 36
NORRIS HILL 20 23
PENDROY DOT 20 36
RAYNOLDS PASS 18 27
REDSTONE HILL 24 40
REEDPOINT DOT 21 40
ROGERS PASS 19 29
ROSCOE HILL 26 39
SACO DOT 26 42
SIEBEN DOT 23
SIOUX PASS 28 42
SWAN LAKE 26 37
SWEENEY CREEK 24 24
SWEET GRASS 45 39
TROUT CREEK 30 38
TWO MEDICINE 34 37
US2 STATELINE M M
YAAK HILL 34 39
YELLOWSTONE B 28 44
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 17 0 6 10
BOZEMAN 12SE M 19 49 48
CONRAD SCAN 15 26 23 30 36
COOKE CITY NR 5 0 9 M
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN 35
HAVRE SCAN 11 17 21 16 20
JORDAN SCAN 19 30 33 18 19
LINDSAY SCAN 11 12 13 8 11
LOOKOUT PASS M 34 37
MANY GLACIER 11
MAXVILLE NR 4 11 0 12
MOCCASIN SCAN 26 29 32 19 5
MOUNT LOCKHART 37 36 35
POPLAR M M M M
SIDNEY SCAN 22 26 28 11 M
THREE FKS SCAN 24 31 35 29 6
TIBER DAM SCAN 8 14 19 6 3
WEST YELLOWSTO 7 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 74
BROCKWAY NR 82 87
FISHTAIL 152 33 15
GREAT FALLS 38 29 40 52
MIZPAH 12NE 71 102
MOSBY 19NNE M
RONAN 5SE M M M
WINNETT NR 65 32
ZORTMAN 28 23
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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