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FNUS63 KABR 050719
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
219 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2026
DISCUSSION
VARIABLE WINDS WILL TURN MORE WESTERLY EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE
SWITCHING NORTHWESTERLY BY THE MID MORNING OR SO WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN
5 TO 10 MPH. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BETWEEN 30 TO 40
PERCENT OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WHILE REMAINING ABOVE 40 PERCENT
OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SPOTTY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN SD WITH LIGHTNING BEING THE
MAIN THREAT. DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY AND BREEZY WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 45MPH,
HIGHEST OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY BY THE AFTERNOON IS FORECAST TO RANGE BETWEEN 30 TO 45
PERCENT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-052130-
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 FRI JUN 5 2026 /119 AM MDT FRI JUN 5 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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