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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
328 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2025
DISCUSSION
DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER THROUGH AT
LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TODAY AND THURSDAY
WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 35 PERCENT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA, TO 40
AND 50 PERCENT ELSEWHERE. WINDS TODAY WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST
WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BE OVERHEAD TONIGHT, WITH LIGHT WINDS. WINDS OVER CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA WILL BE INCREASING OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 25
MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
FOG WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES, IS POSSIBLE
THURSDAY MORNING OVER MAINLY NORTH CENTRAL TO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA,
EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.
WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL 10 TO NEAR 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WINDS
GUSTING OUT OF THE SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE 40 TO 50 PERCENT OVER
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THERE IS A 40 TO 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT
RAIN WILL BE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY.
SDZ035>037-048-051-222230-
HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, KENNEBEC,
AND FORT THOMPSON
328 AM CDT WED OCT 22 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 LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033-034-045-222230-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-
HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-JONES-
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, AND MURDO
328 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2025 /228 AM MDT WED OCT 22 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 LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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