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FNUS63 KFSD 120901
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
301 AM CST MON NOV 12 2018
DISCUSSION
COLD AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PERSIST ON MONDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES
ONLY AROUND 20 AND BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS WILL MAKE WIND CHILLS
NEAR ZERO. WARMER TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FOR
TUESDAY, AS WINDS TURN TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURES OF THE WEEK WILL BE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. BREEZY WINDS BOTH DAYS MAY LEAD TO
HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER RISKS IN AREAS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER,
AND ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. OUTSIDE OF FLURRIES ON
MONDAY, DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY.
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-130015-
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-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-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
301 AM CST MON NOV 12 2018
..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 TUESDAY 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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