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RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
203 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2025
DISCUSSION
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS MINNESOTA TODAY,
BRINGING LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS TO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA, WITH
SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE NEAR NORMAL TODAY AND PEAK IN THE 30S AND LOWER 40S.
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ON SUNDAY (10
TO 20 MPH) AND WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE LOWER 50S, THE
GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE INTO THE MODERATE TO HIGH
CATEGORY ACROSS THE REGION. THE HIGHEST GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
CATEGORY WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-012215-
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-
STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCINTOSH, HERREID, EUREKA, MOBRIDGE,
IPSWICH, ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE,
HIGHMORE, MILLER, MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
203 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2025 /103 AM MST SAT MAR 1 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE TO HIGH CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-012215-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-
GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, ABERDEEN, BRITTON,
SISSETON, WEBSTER, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI,
AND CLEAR LAKE
203 AM CST SAT MAR 1 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE TO HIGH CATEGORY.
SRF
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