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MONTANA SOIL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
630 AM MDT WED OCT 16 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           35        37          40               42
ASHLAND NR                      41
BOZEMAN EXP ST  38    41        44          48
BOZEMAN 12SE                    40          42               44
BROCKWAY NR                      M    M
CAMERON 15SW          35        36          37               41
COOKE CITY NR         34        35          38                M
CONRAD SCAN     42    45        46          48               52
FISHTAIL                   42   43   44
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN                36
GREAT FALLS     42    47        49          52
HAVRE SCAN      44    46        48          52               55
HAYS 25SW                        M
HELENA                43        43
JORDAN SCAN     41    45        48          52                M
LAKEVIEW NEAR         35        36          34               42
LAKEVIEW 15NW         36        38          40               44
LINCOLN 11SE          34        36          40
LINDSAY SCAN    40    43        46          50               53
LOOKOUT PASS           M        40          41                M
MANY GLACIER                    42
MAXVILLE NR           36        38          40               42
MIZPAH 12NE           43        47
MOCCASIN SCAN   39    42        45          49               52
MOSBY 19NNE                      M
MOUNT LOCKHART        36        36          38               39
NEIHART 12SE          33        35          37               40
RONAN 5SE        M
SIDNEY 6NW      38              47
SIDNEY 8SW      38              46
SIDNEY SCAN     43    45        48          52                M
THREE FKS SCAN  38    40        43          48               52
TIBER DAM SCAN  37    44        46          51               55
WEST YELLOWSTONE      35        56          41               46
WEST YELLOWST S       34        34          38               41
WHITE SULPH 13SE      35        36          38               40
WINNETT NR                      48   47
ZORTMAN                         48   48
 
GROUND TEMPERATURE /F/ AT THE SURFACE AND 18 INCHES DEEP AT MT DOT 
SITES
 
ABERDEEN HILL    M                       M
ALZADA DOT      29                      49
ARROW CREEK     32                      53
AVON NORTH      28                      28
BEARSMOUTH DOT  34                      51
BEAVER HILL     33                      52
BIG HOLE PASS   28                      26
BOULDER PASS    30
BOWMANS CORNER  36                      50
BOZEMAN PASS    27                      45
BULL MOUNTAIN   33                      50
COMERSTOWN      33                      49
COW CREEK       34                      53
CRYSTAL CREEK   38                      50
DEARBORN        68                      54
DENTON DOT      32                      52
DICKEY LAKE      M                       M
EAST LIVINSTON  36                      50
EKALAKA DOT     30                      48
ESSEX DOT       34                      49
FLATHEAD BRDG    M                       M
GARRISON DOT    26                      51
GEORGETOWN LAK  26                      41
GOVERNMENT HIL  33                      51
GREENOUGH HILL  34                      51
HAYS DOT        32                      51
HELMVILLE DOT   34                      51
HILLSIDE DOT    34                      51
HYSHAM HILLS    35                      55
INGOMAR DOT     33                      52
JUDITH GAP      30                      45
KARST DOT        M                       M
LAME DEER       34                      41
LEWISTOWN DVD   31                      48
LINDSAY DIVIDE  36                      52
LOMA DOT         M                       M
LUFBOROUGH      32                      54
MACDONALD PASS  26                      40
MCDONALDS DOT   32                      48
MONARCH CANYON  32                      46
MONIDA PASS     32                      46
NINEMILE DOT    35                      41
NORRIS HILL     28                      32
PENDROY DOT     38                      46
RAYNOLDS PASS   25                      38
REDSTONE HILL   37                      50
REEDPOINT DOT   28                      52
ROGERS PASS     32                      40
ROSCOE HILL     26                      40
SACO DOT         M                       M
SIEBEN DOT      33
SIOUX PASS       M                       M
SWAN LAKE       35                      50
SWEENEY CREEK   33                      55
SWEET GRASS     41                      49
TROUT CREEK     41                      51
TWO MEDICINE    37                      46
US2 STATELINE   37                      53
YAAK HILL       45                      52
YELLOWSTONE B   36                      52
 
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           13       25           5                 7
BOZEMAN 12SE                   12          28                36
CAMERON 15SW          28       40          39                41
CONRAD SCAN     14    20       18          25                32
COOKE CITY NR         20        0           9                 M
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN               36
HAVRE SCAN      12    16       23          21                26
JORDAN SCAN      8    17       24          21                17
LAKEVIEW NEAR         25       15          19                 9
LAKEVIEW 18NW         24       15          14                12
LINCOLN 11SE          17       20          16                 5
LINDSAY SCAN    14    14       12           7                13
LOOKOUT PASS           M       36          41
MANY GLACIER                    8
MAXVILLE NR            8        3           0                16
MOCCASIN SCAN   27    29       29          12                 8
MOUNT LOCKHART        31       35          38
NEIHART 12SE          35       35          30                34
SIDNEY SCAN     18    13       18          22                 M
THREE FKS SCAN  21    29       36          22                 9
TIBER DAM SCAN   6    15       17           9                 7
WEST YELLOWSTO        15        M           5                 0
WEST YELLOW S         21       24          25                30
WHITE SULPH 13SE       3        9          12                26
        
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                        41
BROCKWAY NR                        M      M
FISHTAIL                     8            8      6
GREAT FALLS                200          200    200          86
MIZPAH 12NE           53                        49
MOSBY 19NNE                        M
RONAN 5SE        M           M            M
WINNETT NR                       201    200
ZORTMAN                           43    157
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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