455  
FNUS63 KABR 151016  
RFDABR  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
416 AM CST SAT NOV 15 2025  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITY MOVE IN TODAY BEHIND A COLD  
FRONT. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN THE 40 TO 60%  
RANGE WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER, BUT MAY GET DOWN INTO THE 35 TO 40%  
RANGE EAST OF THE JAMES. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST  
TODAY WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH.  
 
SIMILAR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY WITH LIGHT  
WINDS.  
 
MNZ039-046-SDZ004>011-017>023-035>037-045-048-051-160030-  
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-  
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-  
HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, HERREID, EUREKA,  
ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, WEBSTER, FAULKTON,  
REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE, PIERRE,  
HIGHMORE, MILLER, MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON  
416 AM CST SAT NOV 15 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.  
 

 
 
SDZ003-015-016-033-034-160030-  
CORSON-DEWEY-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCINTOSH, ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FORT PIERRE,  
AND ONIDA  
416 AM CST SAT NOV 15 2025 /316 AM MST SAT NOV 15 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.  
 

 
 
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