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RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
419 AM CDT SUN OCT 11 2026
DISCUSSION
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER BUT STILL BREEZY TODAY WITH GUSTS
AROUND 25-30 MPH AHEAD OF A WEAK COOL FRONT WHICH WILL BE LOCATED
NEAR TO JUST WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 281. TEMPERATURES EAST OF THIS
FRONT WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 80S
AND LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITY LEVELS 30 TO 40 PERCENT. THE LIGHTER
WINDS WILL GENERALLY KEEP THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX IN THE
LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY TODAY. HOWEVER, FULLY CURED CROPS AND
LOCALLY DRIER GRASSLANDS COULD SEE ELEVATED FIRE RISKS.
WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE INTO MONDAY FOR MUCH OF
THE REGION, BUT COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE ON THE WAY BY MIDWEEK
WITH RAIN CHANCES BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
IAZ003-013-014-020>022-031-032-MNZ090-NEZ013-014-111230-
DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA-
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE
CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. 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.
OUTLOOK FOR COLUMBUS DAY 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.
IAZ001-002-012-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-097-098-SDZ038>040-050-
052>071-111230-
LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-
ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-
LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
UNION-
..LOW FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. 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
WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.
OUTLOOK FOR COLUMBUS DAY 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.
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