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FNUS63 KFSD 250916
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
416 AM CDT THU APR 25 2024
DISCUSSION
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 30-40 MPH
EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO THE 60S WHILE DEW POINTS
SLOWLY MOISTEN TO THE 40S. THIS WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH)
ABOVE CRITICAL CRITERIA AT 35%+, LOWEST ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA. THE ABOVE CRITERIA HUMIDITY AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS
WILL YIELD MODERATE FIRE DANGER FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SPRINKLES TO
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BUT RAIN CHANCES
WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND NIGHT.
DEW POINTS FURTHER MOISTEN INTO THE 50S TOMORROW WHILE HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY WARM UP TO THE UPPER 50S AND 60S. THIS WILL
KEEP RH WELL ABOVE CRITICAL CRITERIA WHILE SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE
TO GUST TO 30-40 MPH, STRONGEST ALONG AND EAST OF I-29. LOW TO
MODERATE FIRE DANGER IS AGAIN EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS, POTENTIALLY
SEVERE, ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-052>071-251230-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-
SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-
MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
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 FRIDAY 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.
SDZ050-251230-
GREGORY-
..LOW FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. 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
WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.
OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY 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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