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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
230 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2025
DISCUSSION
WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TODAY, ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TOPPING OUT BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH.
TEMPERATURES ARE HEADED ABOVE AVERAGE TOO, WITH HIGHS AROUND 70
DEGREES, THOUGH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL ONLY DROP TO AROUND 40 TO 50
PERCENT. IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT AS WELL, WITH LOWS ONLY IN
THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S. THURSDAY WILL BE WARMER, HOWEVER THE CORE
OF STRONGEST WINDS SHIFTS INTO FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN
MINNESOTA AND WEAKENS.
SDZ003-004-009-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-082130-
CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-
HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCINTOSH, HERREID, MOBRIDGE, ISABEL,
GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER,
MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
230 AM CDT WED OCT 8 2025 /130 AM MDT WED OCT 8 2025/
..HIGH FIRE DANGER
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE
IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE
RESTRICTED TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS WHEN WIND SPEEDS ARE
USUALLY LOWER AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS HIGHER.
THE OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
SDZ005-006-010-018-019-022-082130-
MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-SPINK-CLARK-HAMLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EUREKA, ABERDEEN, IPSWICH, REDFIELD, CLARK,
AND HAYTI
230 AM CDT WED OCT 8 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-020-021-023-082130-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CODINGTON-GRANT-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, BRITTON, SISSETON,
WEBSTER, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, AND CLEAR LAKE
230 AM CDT WED OCT 8 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 TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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