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FNUS63 KUNR 140831
RFDUNR
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
231 AM MDT SAT SEP 14 2019
DISCUSSION
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S, WITH MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM 20 PERCENT IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA TO 40 PERCENT OVER NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. WINDS
WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.
SDZ041-150030-
FALL RIVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ARDMORE AND OELRICHS
231 AM MDT SAT SEP 14 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 MODERATE CATEGORY.
SDZ001-002-012>014-025>027-030>032-042>044-046-047-049-072>074-
150030-
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-
NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-OGLALA LAKOTA-
JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BUFFALO, LEMMON, BISON, BELLE FOURCHE,
FAITH, DUPREE, SPEARFISH, RAPID CITY, EDGEMONT, HOT SPRINGS,
FOLSOM, WALL, PHILIP, PINE RIDGE, OGLALA, KYLE, KADOKA, MARTIN,
WHITE RIVER, MISSION, WINNER, STURGIS, UNION CENTER, AND HERMOSA
231 AM MDT SAT SEP 14 2019 /331 AM CDT SAT SEP 14 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.
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