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FNUS63 KFSD 130208
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
908 PM CDT TUE MAY 12 2026
DISCUSSION
THURSDAY WILL BE ANOTHER POTENTIAL CRITICAL FIRE DANGER DAY AS
SOUTHWESTERLY GUSTS INCREASE QUICKLY IN THE MORNING, GUSTING OVER
40 MPH AT TIMES INTO THE AFTERNOON. WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER, ANY FURTHER MIX-DOWN IN AFTERNOON DEW
POINTS COULD PUSH VALUES TO CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. ONE CONCERN IN
THE FORECAST MAY BE MORNING SCATTERED SHOWERS THAT COULD LINGER
INTO THE AFTERNOON POTENTIALLY IMPACTING TEMPERATURE FORECASTS AND
LOWERING RISKS SLIGHTLY. THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED IN FUTURE
FORECASTS.
IAZ003-014-MNZ081-090-130515-
DICKINSON-CLAY-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-
OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY 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.
IAZ001-002-012-013-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-
NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-130515-
LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-
IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-NOBLES-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-CLAY-UNION-
OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY 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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