070
FNUS63 KABR 130819
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
219 AM CST THU NOV 13 2025
DISCUSSION
MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE FORECAST TODAY AND FRIDAY.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DRIFT SOUTHEAST, AWAY FROM THE
NORTHERN PLAINS, AND WILL LEAVE US WITH LIGHT SOUTH WINDS. WITH
TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S, AFTERNOON HUMIDITY TODAY
WILL BE DOWN TO BETWEEN 30 AND 50 PERCENT, LOWEST IN SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA.
READINGS WILL TOP OUT INTO THE MID 60S TO MID 70S FOR FRIDAY WITH A
LIGHT WEST BREEZE OF 15 TO 25MPH. LOWEST HUMIDITY WILL BE DOWN
AROUND 20 TO 30 PERCENT IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA, AND BETWEEN 30 AND
40 PERCENT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.
SDZ003-011-015-020-022-023-033>036-045-048-132230-
CORSON-DAY-DEWEY-CODINGTON-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-
JONES-LYMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCINTOSH, WEBSTER, ISABEL, WATERTOWN, HAYTI,
CLEAR LAKE, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MURDO,
AND KENNEBEC
219 AM CST THU NOV 13 2025 /119 AM MST THU NOV 13 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE TO HIGH CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ004>010-016>019-021-037-051-132230-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-GRANT-HAND-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, HERREID, EUREKA,
ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, GETTYSBURG,
FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, MILBANK, MILLER, AND FORT THOMPSON
219 AM CST THU NOV 13 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 MODERATE TO HIGH CATEGORY.
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