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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
250 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2026
DISCUSSION
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON BUT GRADUALLY START TO DIMINISH GOING INTO THIS EVENING.
THE COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL MAINTAIN THE
HIGH TO VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE END OF
TODAY. CONDITIONS IMPROVE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY BUT THERE WILL BE
ENOUGH OF A SOUTHEAST BREEZE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 25-35 PERCENT ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TO LEAD TO HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE
DANGER FOR LOCATIONS SUCH AS KENNEBEC UP TO HIGHMORE AND MILLER AN
DOVER TO REDFIELD AND CLARK.
SDZ016-017-033>037-045-048-051-241000-
POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA,
PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
250 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2026 /150 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2026/
..VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER
VERY POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND VERY LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF
GRASSES, AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND,
INDICATE THAT DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS EXIST. FIRES WILL
SPREAD RAPIDLY AND SHOW ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING IS
NOT RECOMMENDED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE TO HIGH CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015-018>023-241000-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, MCINTOSH, HERREID,
EUREKA, ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, WEBSTER,
ISABEL, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI, AND CLEAR LAKE
250 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2026 /150 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2026/
..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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE TO HIGH CATEGORY.
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