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FNUS63 KABR 100843
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
343 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 2026
DISCUSSION
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA-SOUTH DAKOTA
BORDER REGION TODAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF THIS FRONT WHILE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE MORE
COMMON ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT. WINDS SPEEDS WILL NOT BE MUCH
OF A FACTOR TODAY WITH GUSTS RANGING BETWEEN 15-20 MPH AT MOST
DURING THE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN THE
UPPER 80S TO MID 90S WHICH WILL HELP DRIVE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES TO BETWEEN 25 TO 35 PERCENT WEST OF THE JAMES VALLEY THROUGH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN LOW
TODAY.
A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
PARTS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WHERE A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE
WEATHER HAS BEEN POSTED. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL OF 1 INCH IN DIAMETER.
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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
343 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 2026 /243 AM MDT FRI JUL 10 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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