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FNUS63 KABR 172008
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
308 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025
DISCUSSION
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAINFALL AND HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE
THE MAIN WEATHER THEMES THAT WILL DOMINATE THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. AN ORGANIZED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVED INTO THE REGION
AND WILL SIT AND SPIN OVER SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL
GIVE MOST OF THE AREA PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME OF
WHICH WILL CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED. DRIER CONDITIONS AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN
THIS WEEKEND. LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE FEATURED
ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
THURSDAY AFTERNOON RANGING FROM 70-75 PERCENT. WINDS WILL GENERALLY
REMAIN OUT OF AN EAST TO NORTHEAST DIRECTION THURSDAY RANGING
BETWEEN 10-20 MPH.
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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
308 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2025 /208 PM MDT WED SEP 17 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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