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FNUS63 KBIS 241021
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NORTH DAKOTA RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
421 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009
DISCUSSION...MEDIUM RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDICES WILL BE CONFINED
TO SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WITH LOW VALUES ELSEWHERE. AN ALBERT
CLIPPER/COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE THROUGH NORTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA THIS EVENING INTO EARLY TONIGHT. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE TODAY
OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WITH SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY. MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY'S WILL BE RANGE FROM 30
TO 35 PERCENT IN THE SOUTHWEST TO 35 AND 55 PERCENT CENTRAL AND EAST.
RFD GROUP 1...DIVIDE...WILLIAMS...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=21.
RFD GROUP 2...BURKE...FT BERTHOLD EAST RIVER...MOUNTRAIL...
RENVILLE...WARD...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=21.
RFD GROUP 3...BOTTINEAU...MCHENRY...PIERCE...ROLETTE...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=20.
RFD GROUP 4...BILLINGS...GOLDEN VALLEY...MCKENZIE...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=26.
RFD GROUP 5...DUNN...FT BERTHOLD WEST RIVER...STARK...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=26.
RFD GROUP 6...MERCER...MORTON...OLIVER...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=23.
RFD GROUP 7...MCLEAN...SHERIDAN...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=20.
RFD GROUP 8...FOSTER...KIDDER...STUTSMAN...WELLS...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=9.
RFD GROUP 9...BOWMAN...SLOPE...
RFD INDEX=MEDIUM.
RFD VALUE=46.
RFD GROUP 10...ADAMS...HETTINGER...
RFD INDEX=MEDIUM.
RFD VALUE=43.
RFD GROUP 11...GRANT...SIOUX...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=29.
RFD GROUP 12...BURLEIGH...EMMONS...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=20.
RFD GROUP 13...DICKEY...LAMOURE...LOGAN...MCINTOSH...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=9.
RFD GROUP 14...BENSON...CAVALIER...EDDY...NELSON...RAMSEY...
TOWNER...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=20.
RFD GROUP 15...GRAND FORKS...PEMBINA...WALSH...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=20.
RFD GROUP 16...BARNES...CASS...GRIGGS...STEELE...TRAILL...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=20.
RFD GROUP 17...RANSOM...RICHLAND...SARGENT...
RFD INDEX=LOW.
RFD VALUE=9.
OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...THE SOUTHWEST WILL SEE MEDIUM RANGELAND
FIRE DANGER INDICES WHILE LOW VALUES WILL DOMINATE ELSEWHERE.
COLDER TEMPERATURES...MOSTLY IN THE 30S ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS
AND SOME SNOW SHOWERS CENTRAL AND EAST. MINIMUM HUMIDITY'S WILL BE
ELEVATED RANGING FROM 35 PERCENT IN THE SOUTHWEST TO 70 PERCENT IN
THE EAST.
CONTACT LOCAL FIRE OFFICIALS...THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL
OR THE NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR
INFORMATION ON RESTRICTIONS OR PROHIBITIONS. VISIT THE DES WEBSITE
WWW.ND.GOV/DES/INFO/FIREDANGER.HTML
RFD NUMBERS: 0-30 IS LOW...31-50 IS MEDIUM...51-70 IS HIGH
71-94 IS VERY HIGH AND 95-100 IS EXTREME.
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