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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
210 AM MST SAT FEB 1 2025
DISCUSSION
IT WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY TODAY WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE UPPER 40S IN NORTHWESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA TO THE UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60 ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM
AROUND 55 PERCENT IN FAR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TO AROUND 25
PERCENT IN SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. WINDS WILL BE WESTERLY,
SUSTAINED 10-20 MPH, GUSTS 25-40 MPH; STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS
SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
SDZ027-041-044-047-074>077-020100-
SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS-WESTERN FALL RIVER-BENNETT-TODD-
HERMOSA FOOTHILLS-EASTERN FALL RIVER-SOUTHERN OGLALA LAKOTA-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HOT SPRINGS, ANGOSTURA RESERVOIR,
ARDMORE, EDGEMONT, PROVO, RUMFORD, MARTIN, ALLEN, TUTHILL,
HARRINGTON, MISSION, ROSEBUD, SAINT FRANCIS, PARMELEE, HERMOSA,
BUFFALO GAP, FAIRBURN, ORAL, OELRICHS, SMITHWICK, PINE RIDGE,
OGLALA, WOUNDED KNEE, PORCUPINE, MANDERSON, BATESLAND,
LONG VALLEY, WANBLEE, AND POTATO CREEK
210 AM MST SAT FEB 1 2025 /310 AM CST SAT FEB 1 2025/
..VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. VERY POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND VERY LOW
MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES, AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON
THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT DANGEROUS BURNING CONDITIONS EXIST.
FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND SHOW ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. OUTDOOR
BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.
SDZ002-012>014-025-026-030>032-042-043-046-049-072-073-078-020100-
NORTHERN PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS-RAPID CITY-CUSTER CO PLAINS-
PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-NORTHERN OGLALA LAKOTA-
NORTHERN JACKSON-MELLETTE-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOTHILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-SOUTHERN PERKINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LEMMON, SHADEHILL, MEADOW, PRAIRIE CITY,
BELLE FOURCHE, NEWELL, VALE, FRUITDALE, BELLE FOURCHE RESERVOIR,
HOOVER, FAITH, MUD BUTTE, RED OWL, HOWES, OPAL, DUPREE,
GLAD VALLEY, CHERRY CREEK, SOUTH EAGLE BUTTE, SPEARFISH,
WHITEWOOD, SAINT ONGE, RAPID CITY, FOLSOM, BOX ELDER, CAPUTA,
NEW UNDERWOOD, WASTA, WALL, SCENIC, QUINN, PHILIP, MIDLAND,
MILESVILLE, KYLE, ROCKYFORD, SHARPS CORNER, KADOKA, COTTONWOOD,
INTERIOR, BELVIDERE, WHITE RIVER, WOOD, NORRIS, CEDAR BUTTE,
WINNER, COLOME, WITTEN, HAMILL, IDEAL, STURGIS, PIEDMONT,
BLACK HAWK, SUMMERSET, TILFORD, ELLSWORTH AFB, UNION CENTER,
ELM SPRINGS, ENNING, WHITE OWL, USTA, BISON, SORUM, AND ZEONA
210 AM MST SAT FEB 1 2025 /310 AM CST SAT FEB 1 2025/
..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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY.
SDZ001-020100-
HARDING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BUFFALO, CAMP CROOK, LADNER, LUDLOW,
REDIG, AND REVA
210 AM MST SAT FEB 1 2025
..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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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