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FNUS63 KABR 160720
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
220 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025
DISCUSSION
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL EXTEND FROM SOUTH CENTRAL TO
NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RELATIVELY
LIGHT, WITH GUSTS LESS THAN 20 MPH. WHILE WINDS WILL BE PRIMARILY
OUT OF THE NORTH, THEY WILL STAY OUT OF A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION OVER
PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA, AROUND WATERTOWN. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL FALL BETWEEN 40 AND 55 PERCENT, LOWEST
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
A SERIES OF REINFORCING AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SURGE IN FROM THE
SOUTH, WITH RAINFALL CHANCES INCREASING FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON ON.
WET CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES STAYING ABOVE 70 PERCENT.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-162130-
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
220 AM CDT TUE SEP 16 2025 /120 AM MDT TUE SEP 16 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 CATEGORY.
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