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RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
324 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2025
DISCUSSION
THE MAIN CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE THIS EVENING THROUGH
TONIGHT, AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS
WITH STRONG WINDS, LARGE HAIL, AND A TORNADO OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE
BOTH DAYS.
HOT TEMPERATURES SURGE BACK INTO THE REGION TODAY WITH HEAT INDICES
ACROSS CENTRAL SD BETWEEN 100 AND 104 DEGREES. DEWPOINTS CLIMB INTO
THE 70S, BUT GIVEN THE HOT TEMPS, MIN RH STILL FALLS TO 35 TO 45
PERCENT IN SOUTH CENTRAL SD THIS AFTERNOON. ON FRIDAY, MIN RH
REMAINS ABOVE 50 PERCENT AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SDZ033-045-072230-
STANLEY-JONES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT PIERRE AND MURDO
324 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2025 /224 AM MDT THU AUG 7 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-034>037-048-051-072230-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-
HAMLIN-DEUEL-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-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, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, KENNEBEC,
AND FORT THOMPSON
324 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2025 /224 AM MDT THU AUG 7 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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