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MONTANA SOIL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
530 PM MST THU FEB 05 2009
... 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           32        33          34               35
ASHLAND NR                      32
BANNACK SFC     24
BOZEMAN EXP ST  27    28        29          31
BOZEMAN 12SE           M        33          34               35
BROCKWAY NR                     30   30
COOKE CITY NR         32        32          33                M
CONRAD SCAN     32    32        32          32               36
FISHTAIL                   33   32   33
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN                33
GREAT FALLS     33    32        32          33
HAVRE SCAN      32    32        33          36               38
HAYS 25SW                        M
HELENA                29
JORDAN SCAN     31    31        29          29                M
LINDSAY SCAN    32    31        29          30               32
LOOKOUT PASS           M        34          34                M
MANY GLACIER                    34
MAXVILLE NR           32        33          34               35
MIZPAH 12NE           31        32
MOCCASIN SCAN   32    32        32          34               36
MOSBY 19NNE                      M
MOUNT LOCKHART        32        32          33               33
POPLAR           M          M          M         M
RONAN 5SE       33
ST MARY SFC     48
SAVAGE NR       25              27
SIDNEY 6NW      30              27
SIDNEY 8SW      30              26
SIDNEY SCAN     27    26        27          29                M
THREE FKS SCAN  32    31        31          32               36
TIBER DAM SCAN  29    28        28          29               32
UTICA 11SW SFC  41
WEST YELLOWSTONE      30        29          31               33
WINNETT NR                      33   31
WOLF POINT SFC  33
ZORTMAN                         80   33
SOIL TEMPERATURE /F/ AT THE SURFACE AND 18 INCHES DEEP AT MT DOT
SITES
ABERDEEN HILL   45                      32
ALZADA DOT      47                      32
ARROW CREEK     49                      39
AVON NORTH      36                      36
BEARSMOUTH DOT  42                      31
BEAVER HILL     43                      30
BIG HOLE PASS   32                      26
BOULDER PASS    41
BOWMANS CORNER  49                      32
BOZEMAN PASS    44                      32
BULL MOUNTAIN   47                      18
COMERSTOWN      37                      23
COW CREEK       39                      28
CRYSTAL CREEK   34                      30
DEARBORN        58                      34
DENTON DOT      47                      32
DICKEY LAKE    -24                      28
EAST LIVINSTON  53                      38
EKALAKA DOT     48                      31
ESSEX DOT       53                      28
FLATHEAD BRDG   42                      28
GARRISON DOT    41                      30
GEORGETOWN LAK  36                      36
GOVERNMENT HIL  46                      32
GREENOUGH HILL  40                      29
HAYS DOT        47                      30
HELMVILLE DOT   42                      28
HILLSIDE DOT    40                      31
HYSHAM HILLS    53                      32
INGOMAR DOT     45                      30
JUDITH GAP      43                      35
KARST DOT       43                      28
LAME DEER       51                      34
LEWISTOWN DVD   40                      29
LINDSAY DIVIDE  43                      31
LOMA DOT        45                      31
LUFBOROUGH      58                      31
MACDONALD PASS  41                      30
MCDONALDS DOT   32                      25
MONARCH CANYON  43                      31
MONIDA PASS     43                      31
NINEMILE DOT    35                      28
NORRIS HILL     43                      41
PENDROY DOT     45                      31
RAYNOLDS PASS   38                      25
REDSTONE HILL   28                      22
REEDPOINT DOT   55                      35
ROGERS PASS     44                      35
ROSCOE HILL     52                      32
SACO DOT        36                      35
SIEBEN DOT      44
SIOUX PASS      42                      26
SWAN LAKE       39                      30
SWEENEY CREEK   50                      50
SWEET GRASS     43                      32
TROUT CREEK     45                      32
TWO MEDICINE    53                      32
US2 STATELINE   36                      25
YAAK HILL       40                      31
YELLOWSTONE B   51                      40
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           15        0           6                10
BOZEMAN 12SE           M       10          38                37
CONRAD SCAN     22    24       23          28                36
COOKE CITY NR          0        8           4                 M
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN               34
HAVRE SCAN      13    17       28          14                16
JORDAN SCAN     13    18       23          16                18
LINDSAY SCAN     7     4        4           1                10
LOOKOUT PASS           M       39          34
MANY GLACIER                    8
MAXVILLE NR            7       12           0                15
MOCCASIN SCAN   24    19       24           8                 4
MOUNT LOCKHART        33       32          33
POPLAR           M     M        M           M
SIDNEY SCAN      9    11       16          11                 M
THREE FKS SCAN  14    17       26          37                 7
TIBER DAM SCAN  10    15       19           5                 2
WEST YELLOWSTO         1        0           0                 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                       200
BROCKWAY NR                      201    201
FISHTAIL                    18           10      7
GREAT FALLS                 46           30     29          37
MIZPAH 12NE          201                       173
MOSBY 19NNE                        M
RONAN 5SE      204          94          119
WINNETT NR                       201    204
ZORTMAN                           79     10
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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