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RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
211 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2026
DISCUSSION
LOW TO MODERATE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
AND WESTERN MINNESOTA WILL BE OF SOME CONCERN, WITH MINIMUM
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT EXPECTED. HOWEVER,
WINDS (GENERALLY NORTHWESTERLY BEFORE BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AS
A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER MOVES IN) ONLY REACHING 10 TO 15 MILES PER
HOUR IN THAT AREA KEEPS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM BECOMING
CRITICAL. LIGHT RAIN, RANGING FROM A COUPLE HUNDREDTHS UP TO A
QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. MORE WIDESPREAD,
HEAVIER MOISTURE MOVES IN ON SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY, WITH UP TO AN
INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>005-008-021-023-242115-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-ROBERTS-GRANT-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, MCINTOSH, HERREID,
EUREKA, SISSETON, MILBANK, AND CLEAR LAKE
211 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2026 /111 AM MDT FRI APR 24 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
SDZ006-007-009>011-015>020-022-033>037-045-048-051-242115-
BROWN-MARSHALL-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-HAMLIN-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, BRITTON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH,
WEBSTER, ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN,
HAYTI, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, MURDO,
KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
211 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2026 /111 AM MDT FRI APR 24 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 CATEGORY.
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