466  
FNUS63 KABR 110903  
RFDABR  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
403 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2025  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
COOLER OVER THE AREA TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S TO THE LOWER TO  
MID 50S WITH HIGH PRESSURE KEEPING THE AREA DRY. WINDS WILL SHIFT  
FROM NORTHEAST THIS MORNING TO SOUTHERLY BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH  
SPEEDS BETWEEN 10 TO 15 MPH. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO RANGE  
FROM 25 TO 40 PERCENT FOR MUCH OF THE REGION AND AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY.  
 
SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-112315-  
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-  
STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCINTOSH, HERREID, EUREKA, MOBRIDGE,  
IPSWICH, ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE,  
HIGHMORE, MILLER, MURDO, AND KENNEBEC  
403 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2025 /303 AM MDT TUE MAR 11 2025/  
   
..HIGH FIRE DANGER
 
 
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,  
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE  
IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE  
RESTRICTED TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS WHEN WIND SPEEDS ARE  
USUALLY LOWER AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS HIGHER.  
 
THE OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER  
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.  
 

 
 
MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-051-112315-  
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-  
GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-BUFFALO-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, ABERDEEN, BRITTON,  
SISSETON, WEBSTER, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI,  
CLEAR LAKE, AND FORT THOMPSON  
403 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2025  
   
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
 
 
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.  
 
THE OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER  
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.  
 

 
 
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