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MONTANA SOIL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
630 PM MDT MON AUG 12 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 69 -460 55 52
ASHLAND NR 77
BOZEMAN EXP ST 66 69 71 70
BOZEMAN 12SE 52 51 48
BROCKWAY NR M M
CAMERON 15SW 56 51 50 48
COOKE CITY NR 50 46 44 M
CONRAD SCAN 86 75 69 63 61
FISHTAIL 66 66 67
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN 50
GREAT FALLS 84 76 73 69
HAVRE SCAN 82 75 69 65 62
HAYS 25SW M
HELENA 49 49
JORDAN SCAN 78 75 70 68 M
LAKEVIEW NEAR 60 57 50 50
LAKEVIEW 15NW 68 61 57 53
LINCOLN 11SE 57 51 52
LINDSAY SCAN 82 78 69 66 62
LOOKOUT PASS M 52 49 M
MANY GLACIER 55
MAXVILLE NR 55 54 50 49
MIZPAH 12NE 73 66
MOCCASIN SCAN 75 73 68 65 63
MOSBY 19NNE M
MOUNT LOCKHART 49 47 46 42
NEIHART 12SE 59 53 52 49
RONAN 5SE M
SIDNEY 6NW 78 66
SIDNEY 8SW 76 69
SIDNEY SCAN 72 69 66 64 M
THREE FKS SCAN 79 76 68 66 62
TIBER DAM SCAN 98 80 75 69 64
WEST YELLOWSTONE 73 67 67 62
WEST YELLOWST S 63 55 53 48
WHITE SULPH 13SE 55 52 50 47
WINNETT NR 85 78
ZORTMAN 77 69
GROUND TEMPERATURE /F/ AT THE SURFACE AND 18 INCHES DEEP AT MT DOT
SITES
ABERDEEN HILL 94 81
ALZADA DOT 117 80
ARROW CREEK 103 82
AVON NORTH 94 94
BEARSMOUTH DOT 105 79
BEAVER HILL 103 78
BIG HOLE PASS 63 63
BOULDER PASS 94
BOWMANS CORNER 99 79
BOZEMAN PASS 89 75
BULL MOUNTAIN 103 85
COMERSTOWN 99 77
COW CREEK 115 78
CRYSTAL CREEK 92 80
DEARBORN 87 77
DENTON DOT 82 79
DICKEY LAKE M M
EAST LIVINSTON 106 78
EKALAKA DOT 97 77
ESSEX DOT 109 84
FLATHEAD BRDG M M
GARRISON DOT M M
GEORGETOWN LAK 73 68
GOVERNMENT HIL M M
GREENOUGH HILL 115 81
HAYS DOT 95 73
HELMVILLE DOT 101 77
HILLSIDE DOT 107 79
HYSHAM HILLS M M
INGOMAR DOT 107 82
JUDITH GAP 84 80
KARST DOT 81 67
LAME DEER M M
LEWISTOWN DVD 67 75
LINDSAY DIVIDE 102 77
LOMA DOT 114 82
LUFBOROUGH 95 79
MACDONALD PASS M M
MCDONALDS DOT 101 75
MONARCH CANYON 86 76
MONIDA PASS 86 76
NINEMILE DOT M M
NORRIS HILL 86 85
PENDROY DOT 103 74
RAYNOLDS PASS 80 78
REDSTONE HILL 103 74
REEDPOINT DOT 99 79
ROGERS PASS 96 84
ROSCOE HILL 88 62
SACO DOT 104 62
SIEBEN DOT 92
SIOUX PASS M M
SWAN LAKE 113 82
SWEENEY CREEK 109 11
SWEET GRASS 106 79
TROUT CREEK 112 83
TWO MEDICINE M M
US2 STATELINE 100 75
YAAK HILL M M
YELLOWSTONE B 99 83
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 0 M 4 8
BOZEMAN 12SE 6 27 40
CAMERON 15SW 12 31 39 41
CONRAD SCAN 18 27 21 29 28
COOKE CITY NR 10 0 8 M
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN 27
HAVRE SCAN 13 18 28 28 29
JORDAN SCAN 16 27 34 26 18
LAKEVIEW NEAR 4 1 22 10
LAKEVIEW 18NW 7 3 17 14
LINCOLN 11SE 12 11 16 7
LINDSAY SCAN 7 8 9 7 15
LOOKOUT PASS M 10 49
MANY GLACIER 3
MAXVILLE NR 0 6 0 7
MOCCASIN SCAN 11 19 21 14 9
MOUNT LOCKHART 11 26 46
NEIHART 12SE 33 24 30 34
SIDNEY SCAN 29 31 21 25 M
THREE FKS SCAN 14 20 24 25 10
TIBER DAM SCAN 12 20 20 11 8
WEST YELLOWSTO 4 0 0 0
WEST YELLOW S 15 19 22 29
WHITE SULPH 13SE 4 4 12 25
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 50
BROCKWAY NR M M
FISHTAIL 201 203 200
GREAT FALLS 200 200 200 68
MIZPAH 12NE 76 35
MOSBY 19NNE M
RONAN 5SE M M M
WINNETT NR 137 49
ZORTMAN 41 152
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