Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
916 FNUS63 KABR 050736 RFDABR Rangeland Fire Danger Statement National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 236 AM CDT Tue Aug 5 2025 .DISCUSSION... Precipitation chances persist, off and on, across the area through the work week. There is a marginal to slight risk for severe storms through Friday. A south or southeast component wind is also expected to persist through Wednesday. The minimum relative humidity each of the next few days will be down in the 40 to 60 percent range across the Missouri River valley; in the 60 to 80 percent range east of the Missouri River valley. SDZ033-045-052145- Stanley-Jones- Including the cities of Fort Pierre and Murdo 236 AM CDT Tue Aug 5 2025 /136 AM MDT Tue Aug 5 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 Wednesday afternoon...The grassland fire danger index will reach the low category. $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-034>037-048-051-052145- Traverse-Big Stone-Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts- Walworth-Edmunds-Day-Dewey-Potter-Faulk-Spink-Clark-Codington-Grant- Hamlin-Deuel-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Lyman-Buffalo- Including the cities of Wheaton, Ortonville, McIntosh, Herreid, Eureka, Aberdeen, Britton, Sisseton, Mobridge, Ipswich, Webster, Isabel, Gettysburg, Faulkton, Redfield, Clark, Watertown, Milbank, Hayti, Clear Lake, Onida, Pierre, Highmore, Miller, Kennebec, and Fort Thompson 236 AM CDT Tue Aug 5 2025 /136 AM MDT Tue Aug 5 2025/ ...LOW FIRE DANGER... Favorable weather conditions or a high moisture content of grasses, and other dry organic material on the ground, indicate that the probability of a fast moving fire is low. Outdoor burning under these conditions can usually be performed with reasonable safety precautions, but should be monitored. The outlook for Wednesday afternoon...The grassland fire danger index will reach the low category. $$