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FNUS63 KABR 260716
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
216 AM CDT SAT SEP 26 2026
DISCUSSION
GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND, MAINLY
DUE TO MOIST CONDITIONS KEEPING HUMIDITY ABOVE 45% FOR THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA. THE MAIN FIRE WEATHER CONCERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL
BE PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS. SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO EVENING WILL ALSO SEE
SOME STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER, GUSTING UPWARD OF 20-25 MILES PER HOUR. OTHERWISE, WINDS WILL
BE FAIRLY LIGHT ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-262130-
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
216 AM CDT SAT SEP 26 2026 /116 AM MDT SAT SEP 26 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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