522  
FNUS63 KABR 250930  
RFDABR  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
430 AM CDT THU APR 25 2024  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TODAY OUT OF THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST. SOME  
AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE A SUSTAINED WIND AROUND 30 MPH FOR SEVERAL  
HOURS. OTHER AREAS COULD BE REACHING OR EXCEEDING GUSTS OF 45 MPH.  
TWO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS ARE FORECAST TO WORK THROUGH THE REGION  
BETWEEN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THE RESULT WILL BE A FEW ROUNDS OF  
SHOWERS AND EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.  
 
EXPECT INCREASED MOISTURE TODAY, WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY  
BOTTOMING OUT 30 TO 50 PERCENT. THE LOWEST READINGS ARE FORECAST TO  
BE OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  
 
MNZ039-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-252330-  
TRAVERSE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-WALWORTH-  
EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-  
DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, MCINTOSH, HERREID, EUREKA,  
ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, WEBSTER, ISABEL,  
GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI,  
CLEAR LAKE, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, AND MURDO  
430 AM CDT THU APR 25 2024 /330 AM MDT THU APR 25 2024/  
   
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
 
 
MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS OR LOWERING MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,  
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE IS  
SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD. ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE  
CLOSELY MONITORED.  
 
THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.  
 

 
 
MNZ046-SDZ048-051-252330-  
BIG STONE-LYMAN-BUFFALO-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ORTONVILLE, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON  
430 AM CDT THU APR 25 2024  
   
..LOW FIRE DANGER
 
 
FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,  
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THE  
PROBABILITY OF A FAST MOVING FIRE IS LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER  
THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE SAFETY  
PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.  
 
THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.  
 

 
 
DORN  
 
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