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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
206 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
DISCUSSION
MAIN FIRE WEATHER CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON ARE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY
WIND GUSTS, PARTICULARLY OVER CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA. GUSTS MAY REACH AS HIGH AS 45 TO 55 MILES PER HOUR,
AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA THROUGH 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. GUSTS DIE DOWN OVERNIGHT TO AROUND 10 MILES PER HOUR
GUSTING TO 15, BUT WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. THE WIND
COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT
RANGE WILL CREATE AN AREA OF MODERATE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER THIS
AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN LOW.
ADDITIONALLY, SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS MAY BECOME
THUNDERSTORMS, PRODUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO BE SHORT-LIVED,
AND NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
SDZ033-035-045-048-180915-
STANLEY-HUGHES-JONES-LYMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT PIERRE, PIERRE, MURDO, AND KENNEBEC
206 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2026 /106 PM 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>023-034-036-037-051-180915-
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
206 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2026 /106 PM 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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