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FNUS63 KABR 180706
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
206 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2025
DISCUSSION
THE WET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
EXIT INTO SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND FAR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
LATE TONIGHT AND SHIFT ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA BORDER
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS SLOW EXIT OF THE LOW WILL
MEAN A SLOW END TO OUR RAIN. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN
ABOVE 60 PERCENT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. WINDS TODAY WILL BE
STRONGEST OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA, OUT OF A NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY
DIRECTION AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH. LIGHTER WINDS WITH GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH
OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-182115-
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
206 AM CDT THU SEP 18 2025 /106 AM MDT THU SEP 18 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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