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Rangeland Fire Danger Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
141 PM CST Tue Nov 18 2025

.DISCUSSION...

Rainfall amounts of 0.25 to around 0.80 fell Monday afternoon through
early Tuesday morning, mainly south of a line from around Pierre
through Redfield and Watertown. Other than a 20 percent chance of
light rain of less than 0.05 inches over north central South Dakota
overnight into Wednesday morning, dry weather is forecast through at
least Tuesday of next week.

Patchy fog is expected over the Prairie Coteau, the higher elevated
of northeastern South Dakota, overnight into mid morning Wednesday.
Visibility is forecast to be around a mile or greater, with localized
dense fog possible. The lowest visibility will be near sunrise
Wednesday.

High relative humidity values remain in place through at least
Friday. Relative humidity values Wednesday will be at or above 60
percent. Winds during the day Wednesday will be variable at 10 mph
or less over north central South Dakota, but be out of a southerly
direction with gusts of 15 to 20 mph across the rest of the forecast
area.

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-190945-
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, McIntosh, Herreid,
Eureka, Aberdeen, Britton, Sisseton, Mobridge, Ipswich, Webster,
Isabel, Gettysburg, Faulkton, Redfield, Clark, Watertown, Milbank,
Hayti, Clear Lake, Fort Pierre, Onida, Pierre, Highmore, Miller,
Murdo, Kennebec, and Fort Thompson
141 PM CST Tue Nov 18 2025 /1241 PM MST Tue Nov 18 2025/

...LOW FIRE DANGER...

Favorable weather conditions or a high moisture content of grasses,
and other dry organic material on the ground, indicate that the
probability of a fast moving fire is low.  Outdoor burning under
these conditions can usually be performed with reasonable safety
precautions, but should be monitored.


The outlook for Wednesday afternoon...The grassland fire danger
index will reach the low to moderate category.


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