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FNUS63 KABR 160622
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
122 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026
DISCUSSION
TEMPERATURES TODAY TOP OUT ABOUT 15 TO 30 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL (70S
TO MID 80S). WINDS SHIFTING FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH
AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITY DOWN TO 15 TO 30%, LOWEST IN CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA. RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE AREA LATE
MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. HIGH/VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
AS WELL.
WE CANT RULE OUT SOME DRY THUNDERSTORM TYPE ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA WITH DEEP MIXING. MAY NOT EVEN BE THUNDER, HOWEVER
THESE COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY ERRATIC WINDS. MAIN TIMEFRAME OF
CONCERN IS BETWEEN 5 AND 9 PM.
LATE IN THE DAY AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT, A FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE STATE, WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH/NORTHWEST AND WINDS
INCREASING TO UP AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT INTO THE
DAY FRIDAY. ANY FIRES ONGOING LATE THURSDAY WILL EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN
SHIFT IN TRACK AND MAY INCREASE IN SPEED.
MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-016>023-033>037-045-048-051-162030-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY-
POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-
HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, EUREKA, ABERDEEN,
BRITTON, SISSETON, IPSWICH, WEBSTER, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD,
CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA,
PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
122 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026 /1222 AM MDT THU APR 16 2026/
..VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER
VERY POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND VERY LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF
GRASSES, AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND,
INDICATE THAT DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS EXIST. FIRES WILL
SPREAD RAPIDLY AND SHOW ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING IS
NOT RECOMMENDED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY.
SDZ003-004-009-015-162030-
CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCINTOSH, HERREID, MOBRIDGE, AND ISABEL
122 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026 /1222 AM MDT THU APR 16 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY.
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