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FNUS63 KABR 260837
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
237 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2025
DISCUSSION
HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX VALUES IS EXPECTED SATURDAY
AFTERNOON OVER JONES COUNTY, WHERE WINDS OUT OF THE WEST GUST TO
AROUND 20 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALL TO AROUND 45
PERCENT. HIGH TO VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX VALUES ARE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OVER ALL OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS IS
WHERE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO 40 TO 60 PERCENT. THE
MAIN CONCERN WILL A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST,
GUSTING AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH FROM LATE SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH THE
DAY SUNDAY. MAINLY DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE, WITH ONLY
AROUND A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING.
SDZ045-048-262245-
JONES-LYMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MURDO AND KENNEBEC
237 AM CST FRI DEC 26 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE TO HIGH CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-051-262245-
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-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,
AND FORT THOMPSON
237 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2025 /137 AM MST FRI DEC 26 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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