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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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