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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
139 AM MST SAT FEB 2 2019
DISCUSSION
TODAY WILL BE DRY AND VERY MILD, WITH HIGHS MOST
PLACES IN THE 50S. SOME PLACES ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
WILL HAVE A MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 30 PERCENT. COMBINED
WITH BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS, MODERATE TO HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL
RESULT.
SDZ027-030-041-042-044-047-074-030115-
SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-OGLALA LAKOTA-
BENNETT-TODD-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EDGEMONT, HOT SPRINGS, FOLSOM, ARDMORE,
OELRICHS, PINE RIDGE, OGLALA, KYLE, MARTIN, MISSION, AND HERMOSA
139 AM MST SAT FEB 2 2019 /239 AM CST SAT FEB 2 2019/
..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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
SDZ001-026-043-046-030115-
HARDING-RAPID CITY-JACKSON-MELLETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BUFFALO, RAPID CITY, KADOKA,
AND WHITE RIVER
139 AM MST SAT FEB 2 2019 /239 AM CST SAT FEB 2 2019/
..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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
SDZ002-012>014-025-031-032-049-072-073-030115-
PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-
NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-TRIPP-
STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LEMMON, BISON, BELLE FOURCHE, FAITH,
DUPREE, SPEARFISH, WALL, PHILIP, WINNER, STURGIS,
AND UNION CENTER
139 AM MST SAT FEB 2 2019 /239 AM CST SAT FEB 2 2019/
..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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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