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FNUS63 KABR 120718
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
218 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2026
DISCUSSION
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT TO BECOME NORTHWESTERLY
THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL HOLD THAT DIRECTION THROUGH TUESDAY. GUSTS
THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR. SEASONAL
TEMPERATURES KEEP AFTERNOON HUMIDITY HIGH, ABOVE 40 PERCENT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. EXPECT LOW GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER THROUGH THAT TIME FRAME
AS A RESULT.
SDZ045-122130-
JONES-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF MURDO
218 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2026
..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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-048-051-122130-
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-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,
KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
218 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2026 /118 AM MDT MON OCT 12 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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