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RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
440 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2025
DISCUSSION
TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL WARM INTO THE 40S AND 50S WHERE SNOW COVER
HAS THINNED ACROSS JONES, LYMAN AND STANLEY COUNTIES. THE REST OF
THE FORECAST AREA WILL ALSO WARM INTO THE 30S AND 40S BUT STANDS TO
SEE SOME MOISTURE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN HUMID THROUGH THE DAY.
VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT, WITH
FALLING TEMPERATURES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SDZ033-045-048-100045-
STANLEY-JONES-LYMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT PIERRE, MURDO, AND KENNEBEC
440 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2025 /340 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2025/
..VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER
VERY POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND VERY LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF
GRASSES, AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND,
INDICATE THAT DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS EXIST. FIRES WILL
SPREAD RAPIDLY AND SHOW ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR BURNING IS
NOT RECOMMENDED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.
SDZ035-100045-
HUGHES-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF PIERRE
440 AM CST TUE DEC 9 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-034-036-037-051-100045-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-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,
ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK,
HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE, ONIDA, HIGHMORE, MILLER, AND FORT THOMPSON
440 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2025 /340 AM MST TUE DEC 9 2025/
..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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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