Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD

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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
336 AM MDT FRI JUN 14 2013

.DISCUSSION...SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY AFTER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXIT EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S...WARMEST ACROSS FAR
SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A PASSING COLD FRONT WILL BRING
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 30 TO 50 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON...LOWEST
VALUES ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

SDZ001-002-012>014-025>027-030>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-
150115-
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-
NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-FALL RIVER-SHANNON-
JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON...
BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...DUPREE...SPEARFISH...RAPID CITY...
EDGEMONT...HOT SPRINGS...FOLSOM...WALL...PHILIP...ARDMORE...
OELRICHS...PINE RIDGE...KYLE...KADOKA...MARTIN...WHITE RIVER...
MISSION...WINNER...STURGIS...UNION CENTER...HERMOSA
336 AM MDT FRI JUN 14 2013 /436 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 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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