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MONTANA SOIL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
630 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 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           43        40          38               36
ASHLAND NR                      61
BOZEMAN EXP ST  55    58        58          57
BOZEMAN 12SE                    41          40               38
BROCKWAY NR                      M    M
CAMERON 15SW          32        32          32               33
COOKE CITY NR         32        32          32                M
CONRAD SCAN     63    56        57          51               48
FISHTAIL                   56   53   55
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN                33
GREAT FALLS     66    59        58          56
HAVRE SCAN      61    59        56          52               49
HAYS 25SW                        M
HELENA                45        45
JORDAN SCAN     64    62        59          56                M
LAKEVIEW NEAR         43        42          37               37
LAKEVIEW 15NW         48        44          42               40
LINCOLN 11SE          34        32          35
LINDSAY SCAN    66    65        58          54               50
LOOKOUT PASS           M        33          33                M
MANY GLACIER                    43
MAXVILLE NR           42        40          39               39
MIZPAH 12NE           61        55
MOCCASIN SCAN   58    56        54          52               49
MOSBY 19NNE                      M
MOUNT LOCKHART        33        32          33               33
NEIHART 12SE          32        32          32               32
RONAN 5SE        M
SIDNEY 6NW      71              56
SIDNEY 8SW      74              61
SIDNEY SCAN     60    58        54          51                M
THREE FKS SCAN  63    60        56          54               49
TIBER DAM SCAN  69    62        60          56               50
WEST YELLOWSTONE      54        53          49               45
WEST YELLOWST S       32        31          32               33
WHITE SULPH 13SE      32        32          32               33
WINNETT NR                      63   60
ZORTMAN                         57   56

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

ABERDEEN HILL   59                      62
ALZADA DOT     106                      69
ARROW CREEK     68                      65
AVON NORTH      69                      69
BEARSMOUTH DOT  60                      62
BEAVER HILL     59                      69
BIG HOLE PASS   67                      67
BOULDER PASS    60
BOWMANS CORNER  61                      61
BOZEMAN PASS    67                      60
BULL MOUNTAIN   57                      65
COMERSTOWN      74                      63
COW CREEK      100                      68
CRYSTAL CREEK   70                      62
DEARBORN        62                      62
DENTON DOT      73                      62
DICKEY LAKE      M                       M
EAST LIVINSTON  59                      62
EKALAKA DOT      M                       M
ESSEX DOT       73                      62
FLATHEAD BRDG    M                       M
GARRISON DOT    78                      64
GEORGETOWN LAK  56                      54
GOVERNMENT HIL   M                       M
GREENOUGH HILL   M                       M
HAYS DOT        72                      59
HELMVILLE DOT   94                      59
HILLSIDE DOT    78                      68
HYSHAM HILLS     M                       M
INGOMAR DOT     64                      67
JUDITH GAP      79                      61
KARST DOT       64                      57
LAME DEER        M                       M
LEWISTOWN DVD   64                      58
LINDSAY DIVIDE  81                      67
LOMA DOT        64                      65
LUFBOROUGH       M                       M
MACDONALD PASS   M                       M
MCDONALDS DOT   74                      65
MONARCH CANYON  68                      59
MONIDA PASS     68                      59
NINEMILE DOT    80                      63
NORRIS HILL     63                      65
PENDROY DOT     74                      58
RAYNOLDS PASS   68                      58
REDSTONE HILL   79                      62
REEDPOINT DOT   78                      64
ROGERS PASS     65                      59
ROSCOE HILL     66                      50
SACO DOT        66                      50
SIEBEN DOT      65
SIOUX PASS     129                      83
SWAN LAKE       75                      60
SWEENEY CREEK   66                      66
SWEET GRASS     88                      62
TROUT CREEK     65                      65
TWO MEDICINE     M                       M
US2 STATELINE   85                      64
YAAK HILL       85                      67
YELLOWSTONE B   61                      65

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           24        0           8                15
BOZEMAN 12SE                   19          42                53
CAMERON 15SW          39       48          43                48
CONRAD SCAN     15    21       30          38                29
COOKE CITY NR         28        0           3                 M
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN               40
HAVRE SCAN       8    13       27          30                20
JORDAN SCAN     30    22       28          29                16
LAKEVIEW NEAR         30       18          37                30
LAKEVIEW 18NW         33       23          35                37
LINCOLN 11SE          30       29          28                12
LINDSAY SCAN     6     8       12          12                16
LOOKOUT PASS           M       40          33
MANY GLACIER                   10
MAXVILLE NR           10       16           0                24
MOCCASIN SCAN   11    20       24          11                 7
MOUNT LOCKHART        40       37          33
NEIHART 12SE          34       37          33                38
SIDNEY SCAN     14    17       25          21                 M
THREE FKS SCAN  20    14       36          40                 7
TIBER DAM SCAN   7    19       22          10                 7
WEST YELLOWSTO        12        M           3                 M
WEST YELLOW S         27       29          30                33
WHITE SULPH 13SE      19       15          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                        46
BROCKWAY NR                        M      M
FISHTAIL                    28           17     16
GREAT FALLS                 44           52     56          53
MIZPAH 12NE           67                        40
MOSBY 19NNE                        M
RONAN 5SE        M           M            M
WINNETT NR                       135     75
ZORTMAN                           46     52
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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