750
FNUS63 KABR 220816
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
316 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2018
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING INTO THE REGION WILL BRING BREEZY CONDITIONS
TO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, WITH LESS WIND EXPECTED WEST OF THE JAMES
VALLEY. THE WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL
SUPPORT HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER OVER THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE
STATE. THE FOCUS FOR TUESDAY SWITCHES TO WEST RIVER WHERE INCREASING
SOUTHERLY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL SUPPORT HIGH FIRE
DANGER BY AFTERNOON.
SDZ006>008-011-019>023-222230-
BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, WEBSTER, CLARK,
WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI, AND CLEAR LAKE
316 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2018
..HIGH FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A LOW
MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL
ON THE GROUND INDICATE THAT THERE IS A HIGH
POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE OCCURRENCE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE
RESTRICTED TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS WHEN WIND SPEEDS
ARE USUALLY LOWER AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS HIGHER.
THE OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>005-009-010-015>018-033>037-045-048-051-222230-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-
POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-
BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, MCINTOSH, HERREID,
EUREKA, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD,
MISSION RIDGE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, MURDO, KENNEBEC,
AND FORT THOMPSON
316 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2018 /216 AM MDT MON OCT 22 2018/
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE
CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A
LOWERING MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC
MATERIAL ON THE GROUND INDICATE THAT THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL
FOR A FIRE OCCURRENCE. DO NOT LEAVE OUTDOOR FIRES UNATTENDED
UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.
THE OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO HIGH CATEGORY.
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