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MONTANA SOIL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
630 AM MDT THU JUL 24 2008
.. 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
ASHLAND NR 69
BANNOCK 49
BROCKWAY NR 69 69
CRANE 6NE M M
CONRAD SCAN 63 68 70 68
FISHTAIL 66 65 65
GREAT FALLS 66 71 71 71
HAVRE SCAN 72 74 74 68
HAYS 25SW M
HELENA 68 0
JORDAN SCAN 72 76 78 73
LINDSAY SCAN 68 74 76 70
MIZPAH 12NE 70 66
MOCCASIN SCAN 67 70 70 65
MOSBY 19NNE M
POPLAR M M M M
RONAN 5SE 58
ST MARY 52
SAVAGE NR 94 76
SIDNEY 8NE M M
SIDNEY 6NW 65 71
SIDNEY 8SW 73 100
SIDNEY SCAN 71 72 72 67
TERRY 10SW 75 79
THREE FKS SCAN 67 70 69 66
TIBER DAM SCAN 68 74 74 70
WINNETT NR 76 74
WOLF POINT NR 57
ZORTMAN 74 68
SOIL MOISTURE /VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE IN PERCENT/ AT LISTED DEPTH
SOIL MOISTURE IS IN UNITS OF PERCENT VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE.
2IN 4IN 6IN 8IN 12IN 20IN 25IN 30IN
CONRAD SCAN 10 19 33 34
HAVRE SCAN 1 10 25 25
JORDAN SCAN 3 21 30 26
LINDSAY SCAN 1 1 6 3
MOCCASIN SCAN 6 17 22 13
POPLAR M M M M
SIDNEY SCAN 11 13 20 15
THREE FKS SCAN 7 10 38 40
TIBER DAM SCAN 4 20 26 16
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 56
BROCKWAY NR 63 74
FISHTAIL 26 101 32
GREAT FALLS 111 117 75 32
MIZPAH 12NE 201 53
MOSBY 19NNE M
RONAN 5SE 200 170 135
WINNETT NR 201 204
ZORTMAN 30 35
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
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