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FNUS63 KFSD 160850
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
350 AM CDT FRI APR 16 2021
DISCUSSION
CLOUDY CONDITIONS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY WITH OCCASIONAL RISKS OF
FLURRIES, DRIZZLE, OR VERY LIGHT RAIN. WINDS WILL REMAIN
NORTHERLY THROUGH THE DAY, WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15
MPH.
NORTHERLY WINDS PERSIST INTO SATURDAY, ALONG WITH A LOW END RISK
OF A WETTING DRIZZLE THROUGH MID-LATE MORNING. SUN MAY BE HARD TO
COME BY UNTIL VERY LATE IN THE DAY ON SATURDAY, AND THIS WILL KEEP
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ELEVATED.
SUN ARRIVES ON SUNDAY, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BREEZY WEST TO
SOUTHWEST WIND THROUGH THE DAY. TEMPERATURES RESPOND BY RISING
INTO THE UPPER 50S AND 60S IN THE AFTERNOON.
A STRONG COLD FRONT BRING A RISK FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW INTO
MONDAY.
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-170000-
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-GREGORY-
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 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 SATURDAY 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.
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