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FNUS63 KABR 170712
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
212 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
DISCUSSION
EXPECT WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST GUSTING 45 TO 55 MPH WEST OF A
LINE FROM AROUND MOBRIDGE TO REDFIELD THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECT EAST OF THIS LINE,
LOWEST OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. NEARLY ANY SHOWER OR STORM TODAY
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY OVER NORTH CENTRAL TO NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL BE 50
PERCENT OR HIGHER, WHILE FALLING IN THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE SOUTH
OF PIERRE WHERE THE WINDS AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
SDZ033-035-045-048-172115-
STANLEY-HUGHES-JONES-LYMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT PIERRE, PIERRE, MURDO, AND KENNEBEC
212 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026 /112 AM MDT WED JUN 17 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-034-036-037-051-172115-
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
212 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026 /112 AM MDT WED JUN 17 2026/
..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 CATEGORY.
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