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FNUS63 KFSD 191830
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
130 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2026
DISCUSSION
WARM, DRY, AND PERIODICALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THIS WEEK. WINDS ON TUESDAY WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY
GUSTING 15-25 MPH WITH PERIODIC GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR
THURSDAY, WITH GUSTS INCREASING TO 40+ MPH FOR FRIDAY. THOUGH
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL
VALUES (AROUND 40% OR GREATER) LOCALIZED ELEVATED FIRE DANGER IS
EXPECTED. SPECIFICALLY IN FIELDS WHERE CROPS ARE FULLY CURED.
RAIN CHANCES RETURN (ROUGHLY 50%) TO THE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY INTO
THE WEEKEND.
MNZ071-NEZ013-SDZ038>040-050-052>066-068>070-192130-
LINCOLN-DIXON-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-
MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY 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-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
NEZ014-SDZ067-071-192130-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DAKOTA-LINCOLN-UNION-
OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY 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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