986
FNUS63 KABR 180706
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
206 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
DISCUSSION
WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST TODAY GUSTING TO ABOUT 25 MPH
WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 30 TO 40 ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST SD INTO WEST CENTRAL MN. SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST SD THIS EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT, BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
IS IN THE LOW CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-182115-
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-JONES-LYMAN-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,
MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
206 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2026 /106 AM MDT THU JUN 18 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 JUNETEENTH AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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