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FNUS63 KFSD 130827
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
327 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2026
DISCUSSION
TODAY WILL SEE QUIET AND LESS WINDY CONDITIONS AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH.
ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER RETURNS ON THURSDAY AS WINDS
INCREASE, WITH GUSTS FROM THE SOUTH AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. BLOWING DUST
WILL BE POSSIBLE. FRIDAY WILL SEE ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WHERE
WESTERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 TO 35 MPH. THE WEEKEND WILL SEE THE
POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, WITH THE BETTER CHANCE SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
SDZ038-050-052-057>059-063-064-131130-
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE
CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS OR
LOWERING MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES, AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC
MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL
FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD. ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE CLOSELY
MONITORED.
OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE HIGH 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-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-053>056-060>062-065>071-131130-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-
LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-UNION-
..LOW FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A HIGH MOISTURE
CONTENT OF GRASSES, AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE
GROUND, INDICATE THAT THE PROBABILITY OF A FAST MOVING FIRE IS
LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE
WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.
OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE HIGH 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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