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FNUS63 KFSD 092029
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
329 PM CDT THU APR 9 2026
DISCUSSION
COOL TEMPERATURES, LIGHT WINDS, AND SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS
KEEP FIRE DANGER LOW TO MODERATE THIS AFTERNOON.
FRIDAY WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S AND LIGHT
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS. VERY DRY AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION
DROPPING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DOWN TO AROUND 30% FOR MOST OF
THE REGION. SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WILL SEE BREEZY AFTERNOON
WINDS GUSTING 20-25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING TO AROUND
25%. WHILE ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS, VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS
EXPECTED IN GREGORY, CHARLES MIX, AND BRULE COUNTIES.
MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES, HIGHER DEW POINTS, AND PERIODIC CHANCES
FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE WEEKEND. DESPITE
THAT, STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING 25-35 MPH WILL KEEP FIRE
DANGER IN THE HIGH TO VERY HIGH CATEGORY.
NEZ013-014-SDZ050-053-057>061-063>071-092330-
DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
CLAY-UNION-
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.
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-SDZ038>040-052-054>056-062-092330-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-MINER-LAKE-
MOODY-MINNEHAHA-
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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