165  
FNUS63 KABR 090940  
RFDABR  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
440 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2025  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEASTERLY TODAY AND THURSDAY. GUSTS UP TO 20 TO 30  
MPH ARE POSSIBLE BOTH DAYS. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BOTH TODAY AND  
THURSDAY SHOULD BOTTOM OUT IN THE 35 TO 45 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS THE  
MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY, WITH HUMIDITY VALUES CLOSER TO 55 TO 70  
PERCENT OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.  
 
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-092345-  
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  
440 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2025 /340 AM MDT WED JUL 9 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.  
 

 
 
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