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FNUS63 KABR 280926
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
326 AM CST SUN DEC 28 2025
DISCUSSION
DESPITE TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TODAY AND LIGHT SNOW,
STRONG WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 55 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 50
PERCENT WILL KEEP ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS GOING FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY. THE COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE MONDAY, WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY DOWN TO 35 TO 45 PERCENT OVER
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. WIND GUSTS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL DIMINISH TO
15 TO 25 MPH.
SDZ033-045-048-282330-
STANLEY-JONES-LYMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT PIERRE, MURDO, AND KENNEBEC
326 AM CST SUN DEC 28 2025 /226 AM MST SUN DEC 28 2025/
..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 MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
SDZ015-034-035-282330-
DEWEY-SULLY-HUGHES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ISABEL, ONIDA, AND PIERRE
326 AM CST SUN DEC 28 2025 /226 AM MST SUN DEC 28 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-016>023-036-037-051-282330-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-
DEUEL-HYDE-HAND-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, MCINTOSH, HERREID,
EUREKA, ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, WEBSTER,
GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI,
CLEAR LAKE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, AND FORT THOMPSON
326 AM CST SUN DEC 28 2025 /226 AM MST SUN DEC 28 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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