Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD

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FNUS63 KFSD 161108
RFDFSD

RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
608 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL
BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FIRST
DEVELOP THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN
EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GREATEST
CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WHERE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS
OF A HALF INCH APPEAR LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT. UNTIL THE RAIN BEGINS
LATER TODAY...MIXING AND SMOKE DISPERSAL SHOULD BE GOOD TO EXCELLENT
AS LIGHT EAST WINDS THIS MORNING BECOME MORE SOUTHEAST AND INCREASE
INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON.

AFTER THE THUNDERSTORMS EXIT SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FRIDAY MORNING...
MOST AREAS WILL SEE VERY LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY.
TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S AND
80S...HOWEVER MORE ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP MINIMUM
HUMIDITY LEVELS HIGHER THAN RECENT DAYS...GENERALLY IN THE 40 TO 50
PERCENT RANGE. PERIODIC RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ089-162315-
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-NOBLES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
STORM LAKE...WORTHINGTON
608 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

...HIGH FIRE DANGER...

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A LOW
MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL
ON THE GROUND...INDICATE THAT THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH
POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE OCCURRENCE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE
RESTRICTED TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS WHEN WIND SPEEDS
USUALLY LOWER AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS HIGHER.

THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY TO HIGH CATEGORY.


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IAZ001-012-020-021-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-090-097-098-NEZ013-
014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-162315-
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...
HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...
BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
608 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

...MODERATE FIRE DANGER...

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE
CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A
LOWERING MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC
MATERIAL ON THE GROUND...INDICATE THAT THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL
FOR A FIRE OCCURRENCE. DO NOT LEAVE OUTDOOR FIRES UNATTENDED
UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.

THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY TO HIGH CATEGORY.


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