899  
FNUS63 KFSD 152130  
RFDFSD  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
330 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2025  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH MUCH  
OF NEXT WEEK. BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON, BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. MINIMUM  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES LOOK TO REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS,  
HOWEVER THE BREEZY WINDS COULD AID IN FIRE SPREAD SHOULD ONE  
START.  
 
SUNDAY WINDS WILL BE LIGHT, BECOMING SOUTHERLY BY THE AFTERNOON.  
AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, RAIN MOVES INTO THE  
REGION MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY. THERE IS  
POTENTIAL THAT AREAS AT ELEVATION IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA MAY  
SEE SOME WINTRY MIX TO ALL SNOW, ESPECIALLY AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN  
TO DECREASE IN THE EVENING. LIGHT RAIN TO SNOW CONTINUES INTO  
TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
IAZ002-003-013-014-022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-  
NEZ013-014-160030-  
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-  
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-DIXON-DAKOTA-  
 
OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.  
 
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER PRODUCT REFLECTS FIRE DANGER FOR NATIVE  
GRASSES. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR CURED AGRICULTURAL CROPS, NOR  
WILL IT REFLECT CONDITIONS IN ROAD DITCHES WHICH HAVE BEEN MOWED.  
 

 
 
IAZ001-012-020-021-MNZ098-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-160030-  
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-  
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-  
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-  
LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-  
 
OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.  
 
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER PRODUCT REFLECTS FIRE DANGER FOR NATIVE  
GRASSES. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR CURED AGRICULTURAL CROPS, NOR  
WILL IT REFLECT CONDITIONS IN ROAD DITCHES WHICH HAVE BEEN MOWED.  
 

 
 
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