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RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
332 AM CDT THU SEP 24 2020
DISCUSSION
TODAY WILL BE AN ANOMALY AS FAR AS AFTERNOON WINDS GO, WITH HIGH
PRESSURE PROVIDING RELATIVELY LIGHT WIND SPEEDS DURING THE DAY.
GUSTY MIDDAY TO AFTERNOON WINDS RETURN FRIDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK. DIRECTIONS WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY NORTHWEST OR WEST,
WITH SATURDAY BEING AN EXCEPTION WITH MORE OF A SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
WIND.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE MINIMAL, WITH DRY NORTHWEST FLOW SUNDAY
AND MONDAY RESULTING IN AREAS OF HIGH FIRE DANGER AS THE MINIMUM
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY LEVELS MAY FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT IN SOME AREAS.
TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE LATE SEPTEMBER NORMALS THROUGH SATURDAY,
THEN TREND MARKEDLY COLDER BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
NEZ013-014-SDZ050-069-070-242345-
DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-YANKTON-CLAY-
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE
CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A
MODERATE MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC
MATERIAL ON THE GROUND...INDICATE THAT THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL
FOR A FIRE OCCURRENCE. DO NOT LEAVE OUTDOOR FIRES UNATTENDED
UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.
OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY 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.
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-SDZ038>040-052>068-071-242345-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-
LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-UNION-
..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 FIRE OCCURRENCE IS LOW.
OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE PERFORMED
WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY 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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