Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD

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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
441 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

.DISCUSSION...
THE REGION WILL BE IN BETWEEN PRESSURE SYSTEMS...WITH HIGH
PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE
WEST. THIS WILL PLACE CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNDER A TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT...AND THE RESULT WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS
ACROSS THIS REGION TODAY. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG ALONG AND EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER
VALLEY. HOWEVER THIS REGION HAS THE CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS
OR POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL
BE SEVERAL ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS
WEEKEND. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG OR EVEN SEVERE.

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-242315-
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...MCLAUGHLIN...
HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...
IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...
CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...
MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
441 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013 /341 AM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013/

...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 FIRE OCCURRENCE IS
LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE
PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.


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