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RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
227 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
DISCUSSION
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE IN THE 50S TO AROUND 60, WARMEST
OVER NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WITH DRY WEATHER EXPECTED AS HIGH
PRESSURE RESIDES OVERHEAD. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL INTO THE 30
TO 40 PERCENT RANGE. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE OUT OF THE NORTH AND
NORTHWEST BY THE MIDDAY BETWEEN 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
WARMER AIR MOVES IN FOR SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BETWEEN 20 TO 30 PERCENT, LOWEST OVER
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. WINDS WILL SWITCH OUT OF THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS OF 20-30 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON, AND SHIFTING
WEST TO NORTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING BEHIND A
PASSING COLD FRONT. EVEN WITH MARGINAL WIND GUSTS AND DROPPING
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES, THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX REMAINS IN THE
LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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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
227 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026 /127 AM MDT FRI MAY 1 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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