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Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
439 FNUS63 KABR 050907 RFDABR Rangeland Fire Danger Statement National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 407 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024 .DISCUSSION... We will remain under a weak surface pressure pattern. There is around a 30% chance of spotty afternoon and early evening, daytime heating driven, showers and thunderstorms today. Winds will remain out of the northwest at 5 to 15 mph, with relative humidity values remaining above 45 percent. The mainly afternoon and early evening showers and thunderstorms will continue through the weekend, mainly focused over eastern South Dakota into west central Minnesota where there is around a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms each afternoon. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-052315- Traverse-Big Stone-Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts- Walworth-Edmunds-Day-Dewey-Potter-Faulk-Spink-Clark-Codington-Grant- Hamlin-Deuel-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Jones-Lyman-Buffalo- Including the cities of Wheaton, Ortonville, McIntosh, Herreid, Eureka, Aberdeen, Britton, Sisseton, Mobridge, Ipswich, Webster, Isabel, Gettysburg, Faulkton, Redfield, Clark, Watertown, Milbank, Hayti, Clear Lake, Fort Pierre, Onida, Pierre, Highmore, Miller, Murdo, Kennebec, and Fort Thompson 407 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024 /307 AM MDT Fri Jul 5 2024/ ...LOW FIRE DANGER... 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 Saturday afternoon...The grassland fire danger index will reach the low category. $$