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FNUS63 KABR 100719
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
219 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2026
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER THROUGH THE DAY TODAY.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH GUSTING TO 15 TO 20 MPH.
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS RETURN FOR MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK DUE TO DRY
AND WARMER WEATHER AND PERIODS OF STRONGER WINDS, PARTICULARLY
MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND THURSDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH, WITH A
FEW LOCATIONS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE FORECAST TUESDAY AND
THURSDAY. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-102130-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-
HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, 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,
MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
219 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2026 /119 AM MDT SUN MAY 10 2026/
..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 MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO HIGH CATEGORY.
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