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FNUS63 KABR 171022
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
422 AM CST SAT JAN 17 2026
DISCUSSION
THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES IN OVER THE REGION. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO 35 TO 45 PERCENT WEST OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER THIS AFTERNOON, WHILE STAYING ABOVE 45 PERCENT FOR AREAS EAST.
STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST RETURN SUNDAY MORNING, WITH GUSTS
OF 45 TO 55 MPH, THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL BE AROUND 50 PERCENT OR HIGHER. THESE WINDS WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHT SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SNOW AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH OR LESS.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-180030-
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
422 AM CST SAT JAN 17 2026 /322 AM MST SAT JAN 17 2026/
..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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO HIGH CATEGORY.
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