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FNUS63 KABR 100648
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
148 AM CDT SAT OCT 10 2026
DISCUSSION
ABNORMAL WARMTH WILL CONTINUE TODAY, WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO
LOW 90S EXPECTED. THIS HEAT WILL PUSH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY TO FAIRLY
LOW LEVELS TODAY, RANGING FROM 15-25 PERCENT ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER
TO 25-30 PERCENT EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE
ALSO EXPECTED TODAY, MAINLY OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
WESTERN MINNESOTA. THERE, GUSTS OF 25-35 MILES PER HOUR WILL BE IN
PLACE THIS MORNING, WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES PER HOUR
POSSIBLE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
TODAY, MEANING THAT THESE STRONGEST WINDS WILL NOT COINCIDE WITH THE
LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES. STILL, SOME 30 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS
MAY LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WIND AND DRY CONDITIONS
WILL CREATE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS OVER THAT AREA, AND THE
GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY FOR ALL
AREAS EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, GRASSLAND
FIRE DANGER REMAINS AT THE MODERATE CATEGORY. FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS
WILL DECREASE ON SUNDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER
HUMIDITIES TAKING HOLD.
MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-019>023-102100-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-
DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, BRITTON, SISSETON,
WEBSTER, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI, AND CLEAR LAKE
148 AM CDT SAT OCT 10 2026
..HIGH FIRE DANGER
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE
IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE
RESTRICTED TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS WHEN WIND SPEEDS ARE
USUALLY LOWER AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS HIGHER.
THE OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
SDZ003>006-009-010-015>018-033>037-045-048-051-102100-
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-
SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCINTOSH, HERREID, EUREKA, ABERDEEN,
MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD,
FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, MURDO, KENNEBEC,
AND FORT THOMPSON
148 AM CDT SAT OCT 10 2026 /1248 AM MDT SAT OCT 10 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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