571  
FNUS63 KABR 252005  
RFDABR  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
305 PM CDT THU APR 25 2024  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO  
NEAR 45 MPH, AND SLOWLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST INTO FRIDAY  
MORNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL STAY AT OR ABOVE 60 PERCENT EARLY  
FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LOW PRESSURE SHIFTING NORTHEAST  
FROM COLORADO TO KANSAS AND MINNESOTA SATURDAY MORNING WILL PUSHING A  
WETTING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. THE INITIAL SURGE OF RAIN SHOWERS  
WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.  
WHILE THERE WILL BE BREAKS IN THE SHOWERS THEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH  
FRIDAY EVENING, AND SLOWLY DIMINISH ON SATURDAY. THE RAIN SHOWERS MAY  
BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL  
RAINFALL OF A HALF TO INCH AN A HALF OF RAIN IS EXPECTED, WITH THE  
HIGHEST OVER FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. AN  
ADDITIONAL ROUND OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY.  
 
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-261015-  
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-  
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-  
HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, MCINTOSH, HERREID,  
EUREKA, ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, WEBSTER,  
ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK,  
HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER,  
AND MURDO  
305 PM CDT THU APR 25 2024 /205 PM MDT THU APR 25 2024/  
   
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
 
 
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.  
 
THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.  
 

 
 
SDZ048-051-261015-  
LYMAN-BUFFALO-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KENNEBEC AND FORT THOMPSON  
305 PM CDT THU APR 25 2024  
   
..LOW FIRE DANGER
 
 
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 PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE SAFETY  
PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.  
 
THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.  
 

 
 
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