930
FNUS63 KABR 250707
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
207 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2026
DISCUSSION
MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AS WELL AS WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULDN'T SEE PRECIPITATION FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. HOWEVER, PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED STORMS DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND SOME
LINGERING SHOWERS FOR A FEW HOURS OVERNIGHT. WARMER TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK WITH TODAY AND TUESDAY SEEING THE
WARMEST TEMPERATURES. WITH THE WARMING TEMPERATURES, THE MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY DURING THIS AFTERNOON WILL DROP BELOW 25 PERCENT
OVER AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY, AND BELOW 30 PERCENT TO THE
EAST. SOUTHEAST WINDS TODAY WILL BE AROUND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY AND
THE FOLLOWING DAYS WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS UP
TO 35 TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO MAINLY OCCUR
OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
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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
207 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2026 /107 AM MDT MON MAY 25 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 TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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