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FNUS63 KABR 051005
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
405 AM CST WED NOV 5 2025
DISCUSSION
WEST WINDS AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON
BEFORE SWITCHING AROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. THESE
SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 35 MPH BY THURSDAY MORNING. THEN, ON THURSDAY, A WARM FRONT
WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION, INTRODUCING A WESTERLY WIND COMPONENT
TO THE FORECAST. WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY.
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN RECENT DAYS, WITH
HIGHS ONLY IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S, AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITY DOWN
TO AROUND 35 TO 55 PERCENT. THE WARM FRONT MOVING THROUGH ON
THURSDAY, WILL HELP TEMPERATURES REGAIN THEIR ABOVE NORMAL STATUS,
WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID 50S OUT ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA TO
THE MID 60S ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY IS
EXPECTED TO DROP DOWN AROUND 35 TO 50 PERCENT.
SDZ033-045-048-060015-
STANLEY-JONES-LYMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT PIERRE, MURDO, AND KENNEBEC
405 AM CST WED NOV 5 2025 /305 AM MST WED NOV 5 2025/
..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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-034>037-051-060015-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-
HAMLIN-DEUEL-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-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, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER,
AND FORT THOMPSON
405 AM CST WED NOV 5 2025 /305 AM MST WED NOV 5 2025/
..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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE TO HIGH CATEGORY.
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