659  
FNUS63 KFSD 210945  
RFDFSD  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
345 AM CST THU NOV 21 2024  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
QUIET, YET BREEZY, CONDITIONS LOOK TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION  
TODAY. NORTHWESTERLY GUSTS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WILL REMAIN  
POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON, BEFORE TAPERING  
OFF THIS EVENING AND TURNING LIGHT AND VARIABLE. OTHERWISE, LOOK  
FOR DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. HIGHS IN THE 30S  
TO 40 WILL BE COMMON DURING THIS TIME, WITH LOWS LARGELY IN THE  
TEENS TO 20S.  
 
SDZ050-057-211245-  
GREGORY-BRULE-  
   
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER  
 
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE  
CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. 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.  
 
OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY 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.  
 
 
 
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-  
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-052>056-058>071-211245-  
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-JERAULD-  
SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-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 FRIDAY 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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