Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD

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FNUS63 KFSD 171111
RFDFSD

RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
611 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

.DISCUSSION...
AFTER SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT...GENERALLY DRY CONDTIONS
WILL PREVAIL TODAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION.
EASTERLY FLOW NORTH OF THE FRONT WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AS THE FRONT
PASSES THROUGH...WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 90. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE HIGHER TODAY THAN RECENT
DAYS...WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY RANGING FROM AROUND 40
PERCENT IN THE LOWER BRULE AREA...TO 50 TO 55 PERCENT NORTH OF THE
WARM FRONT FROM EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

A FEW EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE WARM FRONT...
MOST LIKELY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 14 CORRIDOR...BUT ANY ACTIVITY SHOULD
MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO PREVAIL ON SATURDAY...WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SPREADING WEST TO EAST ACROSS
THE AREA VERY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND PERIODIC CHANCES OF
RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE NEXT WEEK.

IAZ014-022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-063-068-172315-
CLAY-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-
BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...
TABOR
611 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY TO VERY HIGH CATEGORY.


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IAZ001>003-012-013-020-021-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
SDZ038>040-052>062-064>067-069>071-172315-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-LINCOLN-
MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-YANKTON-CLAY-
UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
LE MARS...CHEROKEE...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...ARMOUR...CORSICA...
DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...
CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...
LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
611 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE MODERATE CATEGORY TO HIGH CATEGORY.


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