Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
036 FNUS63 KABR 161011 RFDABR Rangeland Fire Danger Statement National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 511 AM CDT Thu Oct 16 2025 .DISCUSSION... Showers and a few thunderstorms will shift northeast across parts of the area this morning with more development expected during the afternoon and evening hours as a cold front sweeps west to east across the area. The combination and the precipitation and mostly cloudy skies will maintain higher humidity values through the day. Minimum relative humidity values will remain around 60 percent this afternoon. South to southeast breezes are expected today before turning west to southwest across central South Dakota later this afternoon and this evening and overnight across northeast South Dakota and west central Minnesota. On Friday, a drier air mass takes hold on west to southwest breezes. With some sunshine expected, temperatures will warm into the low to mid 60s. This will drive minimum relative humidity values down to around 40 percent across parts of central South Dakota. SDZ011-016>020-022-023-033>037-045-048-051-170015- Day-Potter-Faulk-Spink-Clark-Codington-Hamlin-Deuel-Stanley-Sully- Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Jones-Lyman-Buffalo- Including the cities of Webster, Gettysburg, Faulkton, Redfield, Clark, Watertown, Hayti, Clear Lake, Fort Pierre, Onida, Pierre, Highmore, Miller, Murdo, Kennebec, and Fort Thompson 511 AM CDT Thu Oct 16 2025 /411 AM MDT Thu Oct 16 2025/ ...MODERATE FIRE DANGER... Marginal weather conditions or 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 moderate category. $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ003>010-015-021-170015- Traverse-Big Stone-Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts- Walworth-Edmunds-Dewey-Grant- Including the cities of Wheaton, Ortonville, McIntosh, Herreid, Eureka, Aberdeen, Britton, Sisseton, Mobridge, Ipswich, Isabel, and Milbank 511 AM CDT Thu Oct 16 2025 /411 AM MDT Thu Oct 16 2025/ ...LOW FIRE DANGER... Favorable weather conditions or a high moisture content of grasses, and other dry organic material on the ground, indicate that the probability of a fast moving fire is low. Outdoor burning under these conditions can usually be performed with reasonable safety precautions, but should be monitored. The outlook for Friday afternoon...The grassland fire danger index will reach the low to moderate category. $$