535 FPUS85 KTFX 231230 OPUTFX MONTANA SOIL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT 530 AM MST SUN NOV 23 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 35 BANNACK 17 BLACK PINE 33 35 37 BOZEMAN EXP ST 34 35 39 42 BROCKWAY NR 34 33 CRANE 6NE M M CONRAD SCAN 29 34 37 40 FISHTAIL 39 40 41 GREAT FALLS 33 38 39 41 HAVRE SCAN 34 34 36 41 HAYS 25SW M HELENA 36 JORDAN SCAN 32 33 34 39 LINDSAY SCAN 32 33 34 39 MANY GLACIER 37 MIZPAH 12NE 33 38 MOCCASIN SCAN 34 35 38 43 MOSBY 19NNE M MOUNT LOCKHART 33 POPLAR M M M M RONAN 5SE 37 ST MARY 26 SAVAGE NR 31 34 SIDNEY 8NE M M SIDNEY 6NW 32 34 SIDNEY 8SW 31 34 SIDNEY SCAN 33 33 34 38 TERRY 10SW M M THREE FKS SCAN 35 36 38 43 TIBER DAM SCAN 31 33 34 39 UTICA 11SW 26 WEST YELLOWSTONE 32 32 36 WINNETT NR 34 33 WOLF POINT NR 30 ZORTMAN 35 36 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 15 30 31 HAVRE SCAN 20 27 21 15 JORDAN SCAN 24 32 30 18 LINDSAY SCAN 6 10 13 9 MANY GLACIER 8 MOCCASIN SCAN 28 24 17 10 MOUNT LOCKHART M 40 37 35 POPLAR M M M M SIDNEY SCAN 23 27 28 12 THREE FKS SCAN 15 22 34 39 TIBER DAM SCAN 12 18 22 7 WEST YELLOWSTO M 2 5 2 BLACK PINE M 10 19 0 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 55 BROCKWAY NR 109 161 FISHTAIL 125 61 47 GREAT FALLS 182 107 100 66 MIZPAH 12NE 42 71 MOSBY 19NNE M RONAN 5SE 76 99 181 WINNETT NR 84 167 ZORTMAN 75 22 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