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RFDABR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
129 AM CDT TUE OCT 27 2026
DISCUSSION
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AT OR ABOVE 50 PERCENT THROUGH THE
WORK WEEK WILL KEEP GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER LOW TO MODERATE. WINDS
WILL SWITCH TO MORE SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD
FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON WITH WINDS BEHIND IT SWITCHING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. RAIN
CHANCES RETURN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE
JAMES RIVER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A WEAK THUNDERSTORM OR TWO.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-272030-
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-JONES-LYMAN-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,
MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON
129 AM CDT TUE OCT 27 2026 /1229 AM MDT TUE OCT 27 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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