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FNUS63 KABR 170713
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
213 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2026
DISCUSSION
WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO GUST 35 TO 40 MPH TODAY
WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
BETWEEN 35-50 PERCENT. GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IN THE HIGH CATEGORY IS
EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA.
GOING INTO THE WEEKEND, MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP
TO 25-30 PERCENT SATURDAY WITH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. WINDS WILL BE
MUCH CALMER SUNDAY WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SIMILAR TO
SATURDAY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-172115-
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-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
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,
MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
213 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2026 /113 AM MDT FRI APR 17 2026/
..HIGH FIRE DANGER
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE
IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE
RESTRICTED TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS WHEN WIND SPEEDS ARE
USUALLY LOWER AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS HIGHER.
THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY.
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