090
FNUS63 KFSD 161009
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
509 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008
DISCUSSION
MILD BUT BREEZY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY AND SATURDAY
ACROSS THE AREA. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM
THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY TRIGGERING SOME ISOLATED
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING.
ANY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE SPOTTY AND LIGHT.
STRONG MIXING EXPECTED TODAY AND SATURDAY WITH GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING
DURING THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP TO 25 TO 30
PERCENT IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...WHERE THE
FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BECOME VERY HIGH BOTH DAYS.
DEBRIS BURNING IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF WILDFIRES...SO PLEASE BE
CAREFUL WITH ANY USE OF FIRE.
IAZ002-003-013-014-MNZ080-081-089-090-162115-
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD
509 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008
..VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH
CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. VERY POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND A
VERY LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...LEAVES...PINE
NEEDLES...SMALL TWIGS...OR OTHER ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE
GROUND...INDICATE THAT DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS EXIST.
FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND SHOW ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR
BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY.
IAZ001-012-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ040-
055-056-071-162115-
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...
TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
509 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008
..HIGH FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND A LOW
MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...LEAVES...PINE NEEDLES...SMALL
TWIGS...OR OTHER ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND...INDICATE THAT
THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE OCCURRENCE.
OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING
HOURS WHEN WIND SPEEDS ARE USUALLY LOWER AND THE RELATIVE
HUMIDITY IS HIGHER.
THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY TO VERY HIGH CATEGORY.
SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>070-162115-
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION
509 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE
CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
A LOWERING MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...LEAVES...PINE
NEEDLES...SMALL TWIGS...OR OTHER ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE
GROUND...INDICATE THAT THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE
OCCURRENCE. DO NOT LEAVE OUTDOOR FIRES UNATTENDED UNDER
THESE CONDITIONS.
THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY TO HIGH CATEGORY.
JH
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