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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
235 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2026
DISCUSSION
WINDS OUT OF THE WEST TO NORTHWEST WILL SHIFT OUT OF THE NORTH
TONIGHT AND DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH OR LESS. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE FOR THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL HELP BRING A 40%
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS, MAINLY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH ANY
STRONGER STORMS.
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS AND WESTERN
MINNESOTA FROM WESTERN CANADA AND MONTANA ON SATURDAY. WINDS
SATURDAY WILL GUST 30 AND 40 MPH, HIGHEST WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY SATURDAY WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT
RANGE. COOLER AIR WILL TAKE HOLD, WITH TEMPERATURES THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK WILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
MAINLY DRY WEATHER WILL REMAIN THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY MORNING.
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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
235 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2026 /135 PM MDT FRI JUN 12 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 CATEGORY.
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