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FNUS63 KABR 120912
RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
412 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2025
DISCUSSION
DRY FOR TODAY WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING BETWEEN
25 TO 35 PERCENT, LOWEST OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. VERY HIGH
GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER RETURNS ON THURSDAY AS A WARM AND DRY AIR MASS
SURGES BACK INTO THE REGION. MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE
70S, COMBINED WITH HUMIDITY DROPPING AT OR BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA, AND SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WILL SET THE STAGE FOR CRITICAL FIRE DANGER, ESPECIALLY OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED.
SDZ003-015-033-045-048-122315-
CORSON-DEWEY-STANLEY-JONES-LYMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCINTOSH, ISABEL, FORT PIERRE, MURDO,
AND KENNEBEC
412 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2025 /312 AM MDT WED MAR 12 2025/
..HIGH FIRE DANGER
UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE
IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD. 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE HIGH TO VERY HIGH CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ004>011-016>023-034>037-051-122315-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-
DEUEL-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, HERREID, EUREKA,
ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, WEBSTER, GETTYSBURG,
FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK, HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE,
ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, AND FORT THOMPSON
412 AM CDT WED MAR 12 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE HIGH TO VERY HIGH CATEGORY.
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