440  
FNUS63 KABR 290631  
RFDABR  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
131 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2025  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. MINIMUM RELATIVE  
HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 25 PERCENT IN EAST  
CENTRAL SD TO 45 PERCENT WEST RIVER. WINDS REMAIN 15 MPH OR LESS  
TODAY.  
 
ON WEDNESDAY, A FRONT BRINGS SHOWERS THAT SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE  
REGION. BEST CHANCE (20 TO 30 PERCENT) FOR WETTING RAINS WILL BE  
ACROSS NORTHEAST SD. SOUTHERLY WINDS GUST TO 30 MPH AHEAD OF THE  
FRONT WITH NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 30 MPH BEHIND THE  
FRONT. MIN RH FALLS TO 35 TO 55 PERCENT.  
 
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-292045-  
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-  
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-  
HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, MCINTOSH, HERREID,  
EUREKA, ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, WEBSTER,  
ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK,  
HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER,  
MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON  
131 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2025 /1231 AM MDT TUE APR 29 2025/  
   
..LOW FIRE DANGER
 
 
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 PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE SAFETY  
PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.  
 
THE OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER  
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.  
 

 
 
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