066  
FNUS63 KFSD 270913  
RFDFSD  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
413 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2025  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
STRATUS AND FOG THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT WINDS. WINDS SHIFT  
SOUTHERLY TODAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST. TEMPERATURES  
WARM INTO THE 80S AND LOWER 90S, WARMEST WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER.  
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY, WITH NEAR NORMAL  
TEMPERATURES SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. HEAT INDEX VALUES SATURDAY  
WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.  
 
SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES RETURN LATE THIS AFTERNOON, WITH  
PERIODIC SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUING INTO NEXT WEEK. BEST  
CHANCES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS INTO THE EARLY  
OVERNIGHT.  
 
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-  
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-271215-  
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-  
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-  
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-  
JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-  
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-  
YANKTON-UNION-  
   
..LOW FIRE DANGER
 
 
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY  
THIS AFTERNOON. 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  
WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.  
 
OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.  
 
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER PRODUCT REFLECTS FIRE DANGER FOR NATIVE  
GRASSES. IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR CURED AGRICULTURAL CROPS, NOR  
WILL IT REFLECT CONDITIONS IN ROAD DITCHES WHICH HAVE BEEN MOWED.  
 

 
 
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