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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
343 AM MDT TUE AUG 13 2013
.DISCUSSION...SKIES WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID
80S...WARMEST ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 35 TO 50 PERCENT
IN THE AFTERNOON...LOWEST VALUES ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
SDZ027-030-041-042-074-140045-
SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-SHANNON-
HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDGEMONT...HOT SPRINGS...FOLSOM...
ARDMORE...OELRICHS...PINE RIDGE...KYLE...HERMOSA
343 AM MDT TUE AUG 13 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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SDZ001-002-012>014-025-026-031-032-043-044-046-047-049-072-073-
140045-
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-
NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-
JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON...
BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...DUPREE...SPEARFISH...RAPID CITY...WALL...
PHILIP...KADOKA...MARTIN...WHITE RIVER...MISSION...WINNER...
STURGIS...UNION CENTER
343 AM MDT TUE AUG 13 2013 /443 AM CDT 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 TO MODERATE CATEGORY.
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