069
FNUS63 KFSD 081008
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
408 AM CST SUN NOV 8 2009
DISCUSSION
A WEAK COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE FROM WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA EARLY THIS MORNING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND IOWA BY
THIS EVENING. THERE IS LITTLE TO NO CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE THIS FRONT. VERY DRY LOW TO MID LEVEL
AIR WILL FOLLOW PASSAGE OF THE FRONT...OF WHICH WILL BE IN PLACE
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY COULD DROP INTO THE 20S
DURING THE AFTERNOON BOTH OF THESE DAYS. WINDS WILL BE VERY LIGHT
ON MONDAY DUE TO HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA...BUT AN INCREASING
GRADIENT WILL CREATE BREEZY CONDITIONS TUESDAY.
MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-SDZ040-050-052-056>059-063-064-068-
090015-
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-
JERAULD-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...
MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR
408 AM CST SUN NOV 8 2009
..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 MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY TO HIGH CATEGORY.
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ081-090-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-
039-053>055-060>062-065>067-069>071-090015-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-
KINGSBURY-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...
VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
408 AM CST SUN NOV 8 2009
..LOW FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND A HIGH
MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...LEAVES...PINE NEEDLES...SMALL
TWIGS...OR OTHER ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND...INDICATE THAT
THE PROBABILITY OF A FIRE OCCURRENCE IS LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING
UNDER THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
THE OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.
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