193  
FNUS63 KFSD 262147  
RFDFSD  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
347 PM CST WED NOV 26 2025  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST  
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, EVENTUALLY BECOMING LIGHT. WINDS FOR  
THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. CONFIDENCE  
IS INCREASING IN A POTENTIALLY IMPACTFUL WINTER STORM MOVING  
THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS  
EXPECTED, WITH TOTALS INCREASING FROM CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AS YOU  
MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN IOWA AND MINNESOTA. HOWEVER, CONFIDENCE IN  
TOTALS AT THIS TIME ARE LOW.  
 
COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TODAY AND  
CONTINUING INTO NEXT WEEK.  
 
IAZ001>003-012>014-022-MNZ089-090-SDZ066-067-270100-  
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-NOBLES-  
JACKSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-  
 
OUTLOOK FOR THANKSGIVING 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.  
 

 
 
IAZ020-021-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-097-098-NEZ013-014-  
SDZ038>040-050-052>065-068>071-270100-  
PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-  
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-  
JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-  
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-  
CLAY-UNION-  
 
OUTLOOK FOR THANKSGIVING 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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