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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
204 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2026
DISCUSSION
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAINLY FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY
THIS EVENING AND THROUGH SATURDAY. WINDS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SD COULD
GUST UP TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHT WHILE THE REST OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTER SD WILL BE FAIRLY CALM WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS
AFTERNOON IS ON TRACK TO GET DOWN BETWEEN 45 TO 60 PERCENT IN AREAS
EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER WHILE AREAS TO THE WEST WILL BE BETWEEN 25
TO 40 PERCENT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
PARTS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR THESE
STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE, WITH THE MAIN THREATS OF WILL BE CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING, LARGE HAIL OF 1 INCH IN DIAMETER, AND WIND GUSTS
OF 60 MPH.
THE SOUTHERLY WINDS ON SATURDAY OVER AREAS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER
WILL BE GUSTING BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. TO THE EAST
OF THE JAMES RIVER, THE WINDS WILL BE GUSTING BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MPH.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SATURDAY OVER AREAS WEST OF THE
JAMES RIVER WILL BE BETWEEN 20 TO 40 PERCENT, WITH THE COUNTIES WEST
OF THE MISSOURI RIVER BEING BETWEEN 20 TO 30 PERCENT. AREAS EAST OF
THE JAMES RIVER WILL BE BETWEEN 30 TO 40 PERCENT.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-110915-
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
204 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2026 /104 PM MDT FRI JUL 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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