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MONTANA SOIL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
630 PM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013
.. 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 52 42 39 37
ASHLAND NR 54
BOZEMAN EXP ST 50 52 55 55
BOZEMAN 12SE 39 39 38
BROCKWAY NR M M
CAMERON 15SW 32 32 32 33
COOKE CITY NR 32 32 32 M
CONRAD SCAN 62 57 56 50 49
FISHTAIL 56 52 52
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN 33
GREAT FALLS 66 60 58 55
HAVRE SCAN 71 63 56 52 49
HAYS 25SW M
HELENA 46 45
JORDAN SCAN 66 64 58 55 M
LAKEVIEW NEAR 45 42 36 38
LAKEVIEW 15NW 49 44 42 41
LINCOLN 11SE 45 33 35
LINDSAY SCAN 56 54 53 53 50
LOOKOUT PASS M 36 35 M
MANY GLACIER 43
MAXVILLE NR 44 41 39 39
MIZPAH 12NE 52 51
MOCCASIN SCAN 61 58 53 51 49
MOSBY 19NNE M
MOUNT LOCKHART 33 32 33 33
NEIHART 12SE 32 32 32 32
RONAN 5SE M
SIDNEY 6NW 55 52
SIDNEY 8SW 55 54
SIDNEY SCAN 52 52 51 50 M
THREE FKS SCAN 69 64 55 53 50
TIBER DAM SCAN 76 61 57 54 50
WEST YELLOWSTONE 55 53 48 45
WEST YELLOWST S 32 31 32 33
WHITE SULPH 13SE 32 32 32 33
WINNETT NR 69 61
ZORTMAN 64 58
GROUND TEMPERATURE /F/ AT THE SURFACE AND 18 INCHES DEEP AT MT DOT
SITES
ABERDEEN HILL 87 59
ALZADA DOT 57 56
ARROW CREEK 95 62
AVON NORTH 77 77
BEARSMOUTH DOT 67 66
BEAVER HILL 49 63
BIG HOLE PASS 74 73
BOULDER PASS 86
BOWMANS CORNER 99 61
BOZEMAN PASS 87 59
BULL MOUNTAIN 103 68
COMERSTOWN 83 61
COW CREEK 76 60
CRYSTAL CREEK 80 65
DEARBORN 88 58
DENTON DOT 56 61
DICKEY LAKE M M
EAST LIVINSTON 88 59
EKALAKA DOT M M
ESSEX DOT 91 67
FLATHEAD BRDG M M
GARRISON DOT 79 66
GEORGETOWN LAK 61 56
GOVERNMENT HIL M M
GREENOUGH HILL M M
HAYS DOT 96 57
HELMVILLE DOT 114 60
HILLSIDE DOT 68 59
HYSHAM HILLS M M
INGOMAR DOT 80 61
JUDITH GAP 91 62
KARST DOT 80 54
LAME DEER M M
LEWISTOWN DVD 90 57
LINDSAY DIVIDE 56 57
LOMA DOT 67 67
LUFBOROUGH M M
MACDONALD PASS M M
MCDONALDS DOT 82 62
MONARCH CANYON 84 56
MONIDA PASS 84 56
NINEMILE DOT 84 68
NORRIS HILL 88 87
PENDROY DOT 86 59
RAYNOLDS PASS 81 61
REDSTONE HILL 90 59
REEDPOINT DOT 96 60
ROGERS PASS 93 68
ROSCOE HILL 90 50
SACO DOT 96 50
SIEBEN DOT 90
SIOUX PASS 142 71
SWAN LAKE 83 66
SWEENEY CREEK 69 69
SWEET GRASS 92 63
TROUT CREEK 105 68
TWO MEDICINE M M
US2 STATELINE 63 57
YAAK HILL 98 63
YELLOWSTONE B 90 66
FROST...DEPTH OF SURFACE THAWED / DEPTH OF FROST PENETRATION...INCHES
BILLINGS M M
GLASGOW M M
GREAT FALLS M M
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 21 0 7 14
BOZEMAN 12SE 41 48 53
CAMERON 15SW 33 41 44 48
CONRAD SCAN 35 35 31 38 29
COOKE CITY NR 30 0 18 M
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN 40
HAVRE SCAN 9 13 26 30 20
JORDAN SCAN 26 29 27 29 16
LAKEVIEW NEAR 29 17 36 29
LAKEVIEW 18NW 31 21 34 37
LINCOLN 11SE 26 29 27 15
LINDSAY SCAN 19 18 16 12 16
LOOKOUT PASS M 40 35
MANY GLACIER 9
MAXVILLE NR 10 16 0 22
MOCCASIN SCAN 27 30 23 11 7
MOUNT LOCKHART 40 37 33
NEIHART 12SE 34 37 33 38
SIDNEY SCAN 30 32 34 20 M
THREE FKS SCAN 22 29 39 40 8
TIBER DAM SCAN 12 19 21 10 7
WEST YELLOWSTO 18 M 6 M
WEST YELLOW S 27 29 30 33
WHITE SULPH 13SE 19 16 19 28
FIELD CAPACITY OF SILT LOAM AND CLAY LOAM SOILS IS APPROXIMATELY
35 PERCENT OF VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE. THE PLANT AVAILABLE WATER
OF THESE SOILS IS AVAILABLE TO PLANTS AT VALUES BETWEEN 13 AND 45
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. VALUES GREATER THAN
50 INDICATE VERY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS.
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 26
BROCKWAY NR M M
FISHTAIL 6 6 5
GREAT FALLS 43 52 53 52
MIZPAH 12NE 24 27
MOSBY 19NNE M
RONAN 5SE M M M
WINNETT NR 132 59
ZORTMAN 16 70
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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