Rangeland Fire Danger Forecast
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
980 FNUS63 KABR 310743 RFDABR Rangeland Fire Danger Statement National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 243 AM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025 .DISCUSSION... Showers to weak thunderstorms are again expected over the forecast area this afternoon and evening. Moisture from this system keeps minimum relative humidity values above 50 percent through Monday. Winds will be out of the southeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour today before becoming light and variable overnight. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-312145- 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 243 AM CDT Sun Aug 31 2025 /143 AM MDT Sun Aug 31 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 Labor Day afternoon...The grassland fire danger index will reach the low category. $$