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MONTANA SOIL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
630 AM MDT FRI MAY 24 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           39       -460          40               38
ASHLAND NR                      52
BOZEMAN EXP ST  51    54        53          54
BOZEMAN 12SE                    40          40               38
BROCKWAY NR                      M    M
CAMERON 15SW          32        32          32               33
COOKE CITY NR         32        32          32                M
CONRAD SCAN     49    50        52          50               49
FISHTAIL                   51   51   53
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN                33
GREAT FALLS     50    52        53          54
HAVRE SCAN      53    54        54          52               50
HAYS 25SW                        M
HELENA                45        45
JORDAN SCAN     55    57        57          56                M
LAKEVIEW NEAR         46        46          37               38
LAKEVIEW 15NW         44        46          43               41
LINCOLN 11SE          34        35          37
LINDSAY SCAN    53    54        54          53               50
LOOKOUT PASS           M        35          35                M
MANY GLACIER                    42
MAXVILLE NR           37        39          39               39
MIZPAH 12NE           54        52
MOCCASIN SCAN   49    50        52          51               49
MOSBY 19NNE                      M
MOUNT LOCKHART        33        32          33               33
NEIHART 12SE          32        32          32               32
RONAN 5SE        M
SIDNEY 6NW      53              54
SIDNEY 8SW      55              56
SIDNEY SCAN     54    54        54          51                M
THREE FKS SCAN  49    51        51          53               50
TIBER DAM SCAN  48    52        54          54               50
WEST YELLOWSTONE      54        54          49               45
WEST YELLOWST S       32        31          32               33
WHITE SULPH 13SE      32        32          32               33
WINNETT NR                      57   56
ZORTMAN                         52   50

GROUND TEMPERATURE /F/ AT THE SURFACE AND 18 INCHES DEEP AT MT DOT
SITES

ABERDEEN HILL   51                      61
ALZADA DOT      50                      60
ARROW CREEK     53                      66
AVON NORTH      39                      39
BEARSMOUTH DOT  48                      61
BEAVER HILL      M                       M
BIG HOLE PASS   33                      33
BOULDER PASS    40
BOWMANS CORNER  45                      60
BOZEMAN PASS    38                      51
BULL MOUNTAIN   50                      65
COMERSTOWN      55                      63
COW CREEK       59                      64
CRYSTAL CREEK   42                      60
DEARBORN        43                      58
DENTON DOT      46                      60
DICKEY LAKE      M                       M
EAST LIVINSTON  42                      56
EKALAKA DOT     49                      58
ESSEX DOT       44                      59
FLATHEAD BRDG    M                       M
GARRISON DOT    45                      60
GEORGETOWN LAK  33                      50
GOVERNMENT HIL   M                       M
GREENOUGH HILL   M                       M
HAYS DOT        50                      57
HELMVILLE DOT   46                      59
HILLSIDE DOT    55                      63
HYSHAM HILLS     M                       M
INGOMAR DOT     56                      64
JUDITH GAP      44                      53
KARST DOT       37                      56
LAME DEER        M                       M
LEWISTOWN DVD   45                      55
LINDSAY DIVIDE  55                      61
LOMA DOT         M                       M
LUFBOROUGH       M                       M
MACDONALD PASS   M                       M
MCDONALDS DOT   56                      63
MONARCH CANYON  42                      54
MONIDA PASS     42                      54
NINEMILE DOT    48                      66
NORRIS HILL     38                      43
PENDROY DOT     43                      56
RAYNOLDS PASS   39                      53
REDSTONE HILL   54                      62
REEDPOINT DOT   48                      60
ROGERS PASS     39                      48
ROSCOE HILL     44                      51
SACO DOT        60                      51
SIEBEN DOT      45
SIOUX PASS     138                      77
SWAN LAKE       48                      61
SWEENEY CREEK   59                      59
SWEET GRASS     46                      58
TROUT CREEK     48                      65
TWO MEDICINE     M                       M
US2 STATELINE   55                      62
YAAK HILL       48                      63
YELLOWSTONE B   54                      67

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           23        0           8                23
BOZEMAN 12SE                   25          50                53
CAMERON 15SW          40       44          43                48
CONRAD SCAN     38    37       31          38                29
COOKE CITY NR         33        0          41                 M
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN               40
HAVRE SCAN       9    13       26          29                20
JORDAN SCAN     19    26       27          28                16
LAKEVIEW NEAR         29       17          36                28
LAKEVIEW 18NW         30       20          33                37
LINCOLN 11SE          26       29          27                10
LINDSAY SCAN    15    15       16          11                16
LOOKOUT PASS           M       40          35
MANY GLACIER                   13
MAXVILLE NR           16       20           0                22
MOCCASIN SCAN   34    30       22          11                 8
MOUNT LOCKHART        40       37          33
NEIHART 12SE          35       37          34                39
SIDNEY SCAN     26    30       33          21                 M
THREE FKS SCAN  22    30       39          40                 8
TIBER DAM SCAN  25    18       21          10                 7
WEST YELLOWSTO        15        3           5                 0
WEST YELLOW S         27       30          31                33
WHITE SULPH 13SE      17       18          19                28

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                        34
BROCKWAY NR                        M      M
FISHTAIL                     6            6      5
GREAT FALLS                 40           47     50          52
MIZPAH 12NE           32                        30
MOSBY 19NNE                        M
RONAN 5SE        M           M            M
WINNETT NR                       124     57
ZORTMAN                            5     86
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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