573
FNUS63 KABR 081004
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
404 AM CST SAT NOV 8 2025
DISCUSSION
A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING SOUTHEASTWARD OVER SOUTH DAKOTA WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING RAIN, SNOW, AND A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO AN INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE OVER
NORTHEASTERN SD. WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS
OF 35 TO 45 MPH, HIGHEST ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. WINDS
WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT WITH COLD AIR FILTERING IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM
THROUGH MONDAY, WITH TEMPERATURES ABOUT FIVE TO TEN DEGREES BELOW
AVERAGE. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY RANGES FROM 50 TO 80
PERCENT DROPPING TO 40 TO 55 PERCENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
SDZ015-033-035-045-048-090015-
DEWEY-STANLEY-HUGHES-JONES-LYMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ISABEL, FORT PIERRE, PIERRE, MURDO,
AND KENNEBEC
404 AM CST SAT NOV 8 2025 /304 AM MST SAT NOV 8 2025/
..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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-016>023-034-036-037-051-090015-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-
DEUEL-SULLY-HYDE-HAND-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, MCINTOSH, HERREID,
EUREKA, ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, WEBSTER,
GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI,
CLEAR LAKE, ONIDA, HIGHMORE, MILLER, AND FORT THOMPSON
404 AM CST SAT NOV 8 2025 /304 AM MST SAT NOV 8 2025/
..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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.
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