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FNUS63 KABR 130554
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1254 AM CDT MON APR 13 2026
DISCUSSION
A FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF
SOUTH DAKOTA, STALLING AROUND THE HIGHWAY 14 CORRIDOR. TO THE NORTH
OF THIS FEATURE, TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER, WITH HUMIDITY ONLY
DROPPING DOWN TO AROUND 40 TO 60% ON A LIGHT NORTHEAST BREEZE. TO
THE SOUTH, ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA,
EXPECT MILDER TEMPERATURES WITH HUMIDITY DROPPING TO BETWEEN 15 AND
30%. WINDS WILL ALSO BE A LITTLE MORE VARIABLE, WITH WEST WINDS BY
LATE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH.
TUESDAY WILL FEATURE LIGHT WINDS AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES. HUMIDITY WILL RUN AROUND 30% IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
TO AROUND 40 TO 50% ACROSS THE NORTHEAST.
SDZ033-045-048-132000-
STANLEY-JONES-LYMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT PIERRE, MURDO, AND KENNEBEC
1254 AM CDT MON APR 13 2026 /1154 PM MDT SUN APR 12 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 CATEGORY.
SDZ035-132000-
HUGHES-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF PIERRE
1254 AM CDT MON APR 13 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 CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-034-036-037-051-132000-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-
HAMLIN-DEUEL-SULLY-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, ONIDA, HIGHMORE, MILLER, AND FORT THOMPSON
1254 AM CDT MON APR 13 2026 /1154 PM MDT SUN APR 12 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.
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