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FNUS63 KFSD 150939
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
339 AM CST SAT NOV 15 2025
DISCUSSION
AFTER A RECORD-SETTING FRIDAY, COOLER BUT STILL SEASONABLY MILD
TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. BREEZY
NORTH WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY ELEVATED
FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
THE IOWA GREAT LAKES. LIGHTER WINDS AND WEAK MIXING SUNDAY WILL
LEAD TO POOR TO FAIR SMOKE DISPERSAL.
RAIN CHANCES SPREAD INTO THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT, WITH
A POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA MONDAY NIGHT.
IAZ003-014-MNZ072-080-081-090-151245-
DICKINSON-CLAY-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-
..HIGH FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LOW
MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES, AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL
ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE IS A 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.
OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER PRODUCT REFLECTS FIRE DANGER FOR NATIVE
GRASSES. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR CURED AGRICULTURAL CROPS, NOR
WILL IT REFLECT CONDITIONS IN ROAD DITCHES WHICH HAVE BEEN MOWED.
IAZ001-002-012-013-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-089-097-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-151245-
LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-
IDA-LINCOLN-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE
CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. 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.
OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER PRODUCT REFLECTS FIRE DANGER FOR NATIVE
GRASSES. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR CURED AGRICULTURAL CROPS, NOR
WILL IT REFLECT CONDITIONS IN ROAD DITCHES WHICH HAVE BEEN MOWED.
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