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Rangeland Fire Danger Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
339 PM CST Tue Nov 18 2025

.DISCUSSION...

Dry conditions are expected for the remainder of this afternoon.
Light northerly winds will become southerly overnight as surface
high pressure slides east. Fair mixing through the day will allow
us to tap into slightly higher winds aloft. These will mix down
and result in gusts of 20-25 mph for areas along and west of I-29
in the late morning to mid-afternoon Wednesday. Winds decrease
quickly in the evening becoming light again overnight.

Highs for Wednesday will be warm, in the 50s with some 60s over
central South Dakota. Despite this, fire danger Wednesday
afternoon will be limited thanks to recent precipitation and
relative humidity values greater than 50% across the region. Light
winds continue through the rest of the week with higher relative
humidity values and seasonably warm highs in the 40s and 50s.

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Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O`Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-
Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-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-Union-

OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...The Grassland Fire Danger Index
will reach the low category.

The grassland fire danger product reflects fire danger for native
grasses. It is not intended for cured agricultural crops, nor
will it reflect conditions in road ditches which have been mowed.


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