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FNUS63 KABR 191013
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
413 AM CST WED NOV 19 2025
DISCUSSION
OTHER THAN A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OF LESS THAN 0.05
INCHES OVER NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING,
DRY WEATHER IS FORECAST THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED OVER THE PRAIRIE COTEAU, THE HIGHER ELEVATION
AREA OF NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA, INTO MID MORNING. VISIBILITY IS
FORECAST TO BE AROUND A MILE OR GREATER, WITH LOCALIZED DENSE FOG
POSSIBLE. THE LOWEST VISIBILITY WILL BE NEAR SUNRISE WEDNESDAY.
HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST
FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE AT OR ABOVE
60 PERCENT. WINDS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY WILL BE VARIABLE AT 10
MPH OR LESS OVER NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA, BUT BE OUT OF A
SOUTHERLY DIRECTION WITH GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ACROSS THE REST OF
THE FORECAST AREA.
SDZ006>008-011-045-048-200015-
BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-JONES-LYMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, WEBSTER, MURDO,
AND KENNEBEC
413 AM CST WED NOV 19 2025
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
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.
THE OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>005-009-010-015>023-033>037-051-200015-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-
POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-
HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, MCINTOSH, HERREID,
EUREKA, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD,
CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA,
PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, AND FORT THOMPSON
413 AM CST WED NOV 19 2025 /313 AM MST WED NOV 19 2025/
..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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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