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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
333 AM MST THU JAN 26 2023
DISCUSSION
SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S. WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS MUCH OF FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA, WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH FARTHER TO THE EAST. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL STAY NEAR OR
ABOVE 50 PERCENT ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
SDZ025>027-072-074-270115-
NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SPEARFISH, WHITEWOOD, RAPID CITY,
EDGEMONT, HOT SPRINGS, STURGIS, PIEDMONT, SUMMERSET, HERMOSA,
BUFFALO GAP, AND FAIRBURN
333 AM MST THU JAN 26 2023
..HIGH FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY THIS
AFTERNOON. UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LOW MOISTURE
CONTENT OF GRASSES, AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND,
INDICATE THAT THERE IS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD.
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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
SDZ030-031-073-270115-
CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FOLSOM, BOX ELDER, CAPUTA, WALL,
ELLSWORTH AFB, AND UNION CENTER
333 AM MST THU JAN 26 2023
..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
TO SPREAD. ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
SDZ001-002-012>014-032-041>044-046-047-049-270115-
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-HAAKON-
FALL RIVER-OGLALA LAKOTA-JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BUFFALO, LEMMON, BISON, BELLE FOURCHE,
FAITH, DUPREE, PHILIP, ARDMORE, OELRICHS, PINE RIDGE, OGLALA,
KYLE, KADOKA, MARTIN, WHITE RIVER, MISSION, AND WINNER
333 AM MST THU JAN 26 2023 /433 AM CST THU JAN 26 2023/
..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 PERFORMED
WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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