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FNUS63 KABR 181915
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
215 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2026
DISCUSSION
AS RAIN SHOWERS HAVE MOVED OUT OF SOUTH DAKOTA, A LINGERING LOW
CLOUD DECK HAS BEEN DEVELOPING MISTY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT, HELPING TO REGULATE THE TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL STAY ABOVE 70 PERCENT TODAY
AND TOMORROW BECAUSE OF THIS AND THE AMPLE MOISTURE AROUND.
NORTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE GUSTING UP
AROUND 20-30 MPH OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO
BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT TO BE GUSTING LESS THAN
15 MPH. THE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BE GUSTING UP AROUND 20-25 MPH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
SDZ004-009-190915-
CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HERREID AND MOBRIDGE
215 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003-005>008-010-011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-190915-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-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, EUREKA,
ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, IPSWICH, WEBSTER, ISABEL, GETTYSBURG,
FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE,
FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, MURDO, KENNEBEC,
AND FORT THOMPSON
215 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2026 /115 PM MDT FRI SEP 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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