171  
FNUS63 KFSD 102151  
RFDFSD  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
351 PM CST MON NOV 10 2025  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
COLD TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 20S, 30S, AND LOW 40S IS  
RESULTING IN HIGH HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 40-80%. WINDS REMAIN LIGHT  
GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS BARELY TOUCHING 25  
MPH. WITH A SNOWPACK REMAINING ACROSS THE BULK OF THE AREA, FUELS  
ARE NOT SUFFICIENT FOR FIRE SPREAD. THUS, LOW FIRE DANGER IS  
EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES  
WILL WARM THROUGH THE WEEK, THE SNOW PACK WILL STILL KEEP FUELS  
UNFAVORABLE FOR FIRE SPREAD. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL WILL ALSO REMAIN  
WELL ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. THIS WILL KEEP FIRE DANGER LOW TO  
MODERATE FOR THE WEEK.  
 
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-  
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-110100-  
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-  
 
OUTLOOK FOR VETERANS DAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER  
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW 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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