737
FNUS63 KABR 220730
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
130 AM CST SUN FEB 22 2026
DISCUSSION
LOW TO MODERATE FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PERCENT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SD, TO
50 PERCENT AND ABOVE EVERYWHERE ELSE. HIGH FIRE DANGER IS FORECAST
FOR MONDAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SD WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES
BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT. HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS FORECAST
TUESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL SD.
SDZ033>037-045-048-051-222130-
STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE,
MILLER, MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
130 AM CST SUN FEB 22 2026 /1230 AM MST SUN FEB 22 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE TO HIGH CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-222130-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-
HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, MCINTOSH, HERREID,
EUREKA, ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, WEBSTER,
ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK,
HAYTI, AND CLEAR LAKE
130 AM CST SUN FEB 22 2026 /1230 AM MST SUN FEB 22 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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