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RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
156 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2026
DISCUSSION
TEMPERATURES TODAY RETURN CLOSER TO SEASONAL, WITH HIGHS RANGING
FROM THE 40S TO MID 50S. THESE TEMPERATURES HELP KEEP MINIMUM
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 35 AND 50 PERCENT, WHICH WHEN
COUPLED WITH DECREASING WINDS (GUSTING TO AROUND 15 MILES PER HOUR
IN THE AFTERNOON) WILL LIMIT FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR TODAY.
MONDAY IS A DIFFERENT STORY, WITH MAINLY WIND-DRIVEN FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS. SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO A SUSTAINED 20-25 MILES PER
HOUR, GUSTING UP TO 30-35 MILES PER HOUR, WITH THE HIGHEST VALUES
LOCATED OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE STRONG WINDS COINCIDE WITH
MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT. AS A RESULT,
GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL BE HIGH OVER MUCH OF THE AREA, PUSHING UP
TO VERY HIGH OVER JONES AND LYMAN COUNTIES.
SDZ045-048-222100-
JONES-LYMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MURDO AND KENNEBEC
156 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2026
..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 MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-051-222100-
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-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,
AND FORT THOMPSON
156 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2026 /1256 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2026/
..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 MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY.
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