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FNUS63 KFSD 090831
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
231 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION FOR TODAY AND
TOMORROW...WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW DEWPOINTS. WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON...BUT PICK UP ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY
FROM THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WESTWARD.
MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-SDZ050-052-057>059-063-064-068-100030-
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-
AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...
MITCHELL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...
CORSICA...DELMONT...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...
TABOR
231 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009
..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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY TO VERY HIGH CATEGORY.
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ081-090-NEZ013-014-
SDZ038>040-053>056-060>062-065>067-069>071-100030-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-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...
BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
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
231 AM CST MON NOV 9 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.
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