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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
418 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013
.DISCUSSION...
A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE THE PERSISTENTLY DRY
CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. FURTHER WEST...A WEAK LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AT LEAST BRING SMALL CHANCES FOR LATE
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MID WEEK...BUT A
WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK AND THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-132330-
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...MCLAUGHLIN...
HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...
IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...
CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...
MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
418 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013 /318 AM MDT TUE AUG 13 2013/
...LOW FIRE DANGER...
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON. FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A HIGH MOISTURE
CONTENT OF GRASSES...AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE
GROUND...INDICATE THAT THE PROBABILITY OF A FIRE OCCURRENCE IS
LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE
PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
THE OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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