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FNUS63 KFSD 042017
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
217 PM CST WED MAR 4 2026
DISCUSSION
THURSDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE WARM IN THE 50S TO 60S. WINDS WILL BE
SOUTHEASTERLY GUSTING 25-35 MPH WEST OF I-29. SLIGHTLY LOWER GUSTS
OF 20-25 MPH TO THE EAST. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN
ABOVE CRITICAL FOR THE REGION, WITH THE LOWEST VALUES EXPECTED IN
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AT OR ABOVE 35%. DESPITE HIGHER
HUMIDITY, GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL STILL REACH THE HIGH TO
VERY HIGH CATEGORY.
WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR THURSDAY EVENING, AND
CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY RAIN
MAY TRANSITION TO SNOW. TOTAL LIQUID ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO
A HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE FOR AREAS WEST OF I-29. ACCUMULATION
MAY EXCEED A HALF AN INCHES TO THE EAST. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL
LIMIT FIRE CONCERNS THROUGH SATURDAY.
NEZ013-SDZ050-052-053-057>060-063>066-068>070-042330-
DIXON-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH 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.
IAZ001-012-013-020-021-031-032-MNZ098-NEZ014-SDZ038-054-055-061-
062-067-071-042330-
LYON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-IDA-ROCK-DAKOTA-
BEADLE-MINER-LAKE-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN-UNION-
OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE HIGH 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.
IAZ002-003-014-022-MNZ089-097-SDZ039-056-042330-
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-KINGSBURY-
MOODY-
OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE 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.
MNZ071-072-080-081-090-SDZ040-042330-
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-BROOKINGS-
OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY 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.
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