FPUS85 KTFX 060030 OPUTFX 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 .END