Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD

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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
332 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

.DISCUSSION...SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN TO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO 30 TO 45 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON...LOWEST
VALUES ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 45 MPH EXPECTED ACROSS FAR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.


SDZ001-002-012>014-025>027-030>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-
200100-
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
332 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 /432 AM CDT WED JUN 19 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.


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