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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
300 AM MDT SUN AUG 9 2020
DISCUSSION
SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND LOWER 90S, WARMEST OVER FAR SOUTHERN
SOUTH DAKOTA. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 15 TO 25 MPH
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 20 TO 40 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON, LOWEST
VALUES OVER FAR SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA.
SDZ001-012-027-030-031-041-042-073-074-100100-
HARDING-BUTTE-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-
PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-OGLALA LAKOTA-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BUFFALO, BELLE FOURCHE, EDGEMONT,
HOT SPRINGS, FOLSOM, BOX ELDER, CAPUTA, WALL, ARDMORE, OELRICHS,
PINE RIDGE, OGLALA, KYLE, ELLSWORTH AFB, UNION CENTER, HERMOSA,
BUFFALO GAP, AND FAIRBURN
300 AM MDT SUN AUG 9 2020
..HIGH FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY THIS
AFTERNOON. UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A LOW MOISTURE
CONTENT OF GRASSES, AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND,
INDICATE THAT THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE
OCCURRENCE. 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON, THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
SDZ013-014-026-032-100100-
NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-RAPID CITY-HAAKON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FAITH, DUPREE, RAPID CITY, AND PHILIP
300 AM MDT SUN AUG 9 2020
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A LOWERING
MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES, AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON
THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE
OCCURRENCE. DO NOT LEAVE OUTDOOR FIRES UNATTENDED UNDER THESE
CONDITIONS.
THE OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON, THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
SDZ002-025-043-044-046-047-049-072-100100-
PERKINS-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-
STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LEMMON, BISON, SPEARFISH, WHITEWOOD,
KADOKA, MARTIN, WHITE RIVER, MISSION, WINNER, STURGIS, PIEDMONT,
AND SUMMERSET
300 AM MDT SUN AUG 9 2020 /400 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2020/
..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 FIRE OCCURRENCE IS LOW.
OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE PERFORMED
WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
THE OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON, THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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