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FNUS63 KFSD 121033
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
433 AM CST THU DEC 12 2024
DISCUSSION
COLD TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO
TEENS, WITH A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM HURON, SD TO SIOUX FALLS, SD TO STORM LAKE, IA. MOST
WILL SEE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO HALF AN INCH, THOUGH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS NEAR AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. FRIDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER
WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 20S AND WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH.
CHANCES FOR FREEZING RAIN, SLEET, AND SNOW MOVE IN LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EXIT SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-121345-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-
JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-UNION-
..LOW FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. 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
WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.
OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER PRODUCT REFLECTS FIRE DANGER FOR NATIVE
GRASSES. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR CURED AGRICULTURAL CROPS, NOR
WILL IT REFLECT CONDITIONS IN ROAD DITCHES WHICH HAVE BEEN MOWED.
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