991
FNUS63 KFSD 272128
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
328 PM CST THU NOV 27 2025
DISCUSSION
NORTHERLY WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY WINDS BEGINS TO TURN SOUTHEASTERLY
AND INCREASE AS A WINTER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE
WEST-SOUTHWEST. AFTERNOON GUSTS OF 20-30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM
THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AND WEST. TO THE EAST GUSTS OF 15-20 MPH
ARE EXPECTED. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INCREASE
AGAIN TO 25-35 MPH FOR SATURDAY.
SNOW BEGINS IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY AND
SPREADS EAST THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND COLDER FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT
WEEK.
IAZ031-NEZ013-014-280030-
WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-
OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY 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.
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-280030-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-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 FRIDAY 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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