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MONTANA SOIL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
630 PM MDT MON JUN 17 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           67       -460          48               44
ASHLAND NR                      72
BOZEMAN EXP ST  58    60        60          59
BOZEMAN 12SE                    45          44               42
BROCKWAY NR                      M    M
CAMERON 15SW          51        44          41               35
COOKE CITY NR         40        35          33                M
CONRAD SCAN     72    66        66          56               53
FISHTAIL                   59   59   58
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN                33
GREAT FALLS     76    69        67          62
HAVRE SCAN      78    70        62          57               54
HAYS 25SW                        M
HELENA                53        53
JORDAN SCAN     74    70        66          62                M
LAKEVIEW NEAR         52        50          44               44
LAKEVIEW 15NW         59        52          48               46
LINCOLN 11SE          55        44          45
LINDSAY SCAN    75    71        64          60               56
LOOKOUT PASS           M        44          41                M
MANY GLACIER                    47
MAXVILLE NR           51        47          44               42
MIZPAH 12NE           69        61
MOCCASIN SCAN   67    63        59          56               54
MOSBY 19NNE                      M
MOUNT LOCKHART        44        41          39               36
NEIHART 12SE          53        44          40               35
RONAN 5SE        M
SIDNEY 6NW      79              60
SIDNEY 8SW      70              63
SIDNEY SCAN     65    63        59          57                M
THREE FKS SCAN  83    75        63          57               53
TIBER DAM SCAN  81    69        65          58               54
WEST YELLOWSTONE      72        58          56               51
WEST YELLOWST S       51        42          39               35
WHITE SULPH 13SE      50        46          42               39
WINNETT NR                      78   71
ZORTMAN                         70   63

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

ABERDEEN HILL  109                      75
ALZADA DOT     128                      77
ARROW CREEK    108                      75
AVON NORTH     102                      10
BEARSMOUTH DOT 100                      76
BEAVER HILL     69                      74
BIG HOLE PASS  109                      11
BOULDER PASS   110
BOWMANS CORNER 116                      74
BOZEMAN PASS   106                      72
BULL MOUNTAIN  114                      82
COMERSTOWN      93                      68
COW CREEK      122                      72
CRYSTAL CREEK  102                      75
DEARBORN        99                      69
DENTON DOT     101                      70
DICKEY LAKE      M                       M
EAST LIVINSTON 104                      73
EKALAKA DOT    108                      74
ESSEX DOT      115                      74
FLATHEAD BRDG    M                       M
GARRISON DOT   106                      78
GEORGETOWN LAK 108                      68
GOVERNMENT HIL   M                       M
GREENOUGH HILL   M                       M
HAYS DOT       110                      65
HELMVILLE DOT  119                      70
HILLSIDE DOT   117                      74
HYSHAM HILLS     M                       M
INGOMAR DOT    106                      74
JUDITH GAP      96                      73
KARST DOT       87                      67
LAME DEER        M                       M
LEWISTOWN DVD  101                      68
LINDSAY DIVIDE 107                      70
LOMA DOT       113                      71
LUFBOROUGH       M                       M
MACDONALD PASS   M                       M
MCDONALDS DOT  111                      70
MONARCH CANYON  90                      69
MONIDA PASS     90                      69
NINEMILE DOT     M                       M
NORRIS HILL    111                      10
PENDROY DOT     93                      68
RAYNOLDS PASS  108                      76
REDSTONE HILL   99                      65
REEDPOINT DOT  110                      73
ROGERS PASS    103                      81
ROSCOE HILL    105                      55
SACO DOT       117                      55
SIEBEN DOT     103
SIOUX PASS     155                      70
SWAN LAKE      117                      75
SWEENEY CREEK  115                      12
SWEET GRASS    102                      71
TROUT CREEK    118                      79
TWO MEDICINE     M                       M
US2 STATELINE   98                      70
YAAK HILL      124                      77
YELLOWSTONE B  105                      78

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        M           6                12
BOZEMAN 12SE                   21          51                56
CAMERON 15SW          41       58          47                53
CONRAD SCAN     25    26       32          40                30
COOKE CITY NR         31        0          25                 M
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN               40
HAVRE SCAN      20    23       35          35                36
JORDAN SCAN     29    35       39          42                17
LAKEVIEW NEAR         17       12          35                27
LAKEVIEW 18NW         17       12          30                35
LINCOLN 11SE          24       27          26                10
LINDSAY SCAN    12    13       17          14                20
LOOKOUT PASS           M       35          41
MANY GLACIER                    6
MAXVILLE NR            9       14           0                20
MOCCASIN SCAN   20    27       29          22                12
MOUNT LOCKHART        39       36          39
NEIHART 12SE          35       36          32                35
SIDNEY SCAN     18    21       30          29                 M
THREE FKS SCAN  12    16       36          42                 8
TIBER DAM SCAN  24    33       38           8                 6
WEST YELLOWSTO         7        1           1                 0
WEST YELLOW S         23       25          28                32
WHITE SULPH 13SE      14       15          17                27

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                    36           21     10
GREAT FALLS                 26           30     22          25
MIZPAH 12NE           35                        30
MOSBY 19NNE                        M
RONAN 5SE        M           M            M
WINNETT NR                        24     23
ZORTMAN                           18     62
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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