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FNUS63 KABR 300657
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
157 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2026
DISCUSSION
LAST DAY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR A BIT. LOW PRESSURE TO
THE SOUTH MEANS EASTERLY WINDS, WITH A GRADIENT IN TEMPERATURES FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE STATE. HIGHS RANGE FROM THE LOW 60S TO THE
UPPER 70S. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL BE AROUND 20% DOWN ALONG THE
WHITE RIVER, WHILE THE NORTHEAST WILL DROP TO ONLY AROUND 40%. WINDS
WILL BE EASTERLY AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
A COLD FRONT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY WILL INCREASE GUSTS UP TO AROUND
40 MPH FROM NORTH.
SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-302100-
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-
STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCINTOSH, HERREID, EUREKA, MOBRIDGE,
IPSWICH, ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE,
HIGHMORE, MILLER, MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
157 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2026 /1257 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2026/
..HIGH FIRE DANGER
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE
IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE
RESTRICTED TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS WHEN WIND SPEEDS ARE
USUALLY LOWER AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS HIGHER.
THE OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE HIGH TO VERY HIGH CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-302100-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-
GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, ABERDEEN, BRITTON,
SISSETON, WEBSTER, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI,
AND CLEAR LAKE
157 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2026
..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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY.
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