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FNUS63 KABR 170708
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
208 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2026
DISCUSSION
THERE WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TODAY OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN SD AND WEST CENTRAL MN. THESE WINDS OVER AREAS WEST OF
THE JAMES RIVER AND IN WEST CENTRAL MN WILL BE GUSTING UP TO 15 TO
25 MPH AND DECREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON. AREAS EAST OF THE JAMES
RIVER WILL SEE GUSTS UP BETWEEN 25 TO 40 MPH, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE SISSETON
HILLS THOUGH THE MORNING AND GUST UP AROUND 40 MPH DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE BETWEEN 35
TO 45 PERCENT EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER AND BETWEEN 25 TO 35
PERCENT TO THE WEST.
SDZ023-172115-
DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF CLEAR LAKE
208 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2026
..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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>022-033>037-045-048-051-172115-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-
HAMLIN-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, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, MURDO,
KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
208 AM CDT SAT OCT 17 2026 /108 AM MDT SAT OCT 17 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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