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FNUS63 KFSD 200806
RFDFSD
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
306 AM CDT TUE OCT 20 2026
DISCUSSION
BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING AROUND 25 MPH TODAY WEST OF I-29
MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED ELEVATED FIRE DANGER IN PARTICULARLY
DRY AREAS. HOWEVER, MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE 40% TEMPER
WIDESPREAD CONCERNS. LOWER HUMIDITY ALONG THE BUFFALO RIDGE
(AROUND 35%) IS OFFSET FROM STRONGEST WINDS. TODAY REMAINS THE
COOLEST DAY OF THE WORK WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER
70S.
WARMER TEMPERATURES, DRY CONDITIONS, AND BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS WEEK, WITH THE LIGHTEST WINDS WEDNESDAY.
WINDS AND TEMPERATURES INCREASE THURSDAY, WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY
WINDS FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND VERY ISOLATED STORMS
ARE IN THE FORECAST EARLY FRIDAY, ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE
LIGHT. STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO MORE WIDESPREAD CONCERNS.
CHANCES FOR MORE SCATTERED RAIN RETURNS THIS WEEKEND.
MNZ071-072-097-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>070-201115-
LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-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-
..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 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>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ080-081-089-090-098-SDZ071-
201115-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-
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 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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