587 FNUS63 KFSD 101006 RFDFSD RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 506 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 .DISCUSSION... A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY INTO THURSDAY...AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM MISSOURI ACROSS EASTERN IOWA. SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW WILL CONTINUE...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES AND MODERATELY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. THE STORM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY FRIDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A LITTLE...BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THERE WILL ALSO BE OCCASIONAL CHANCES OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION FROM THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-102330- LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY... BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 506 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...LOW FIRE DANGER... THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. WET CONDITIONS INCLUDING ICE AND SNOW COVER INDICATE THAT THE PROBABILITY OF A FIRE OCCURRENCE IS LOW. WHILE THE WET CONDITIONS AND MODERATELY STRONG WINDS WILL NOT PRESENT IDEAL BURNING CONDITIONS...FIRES ARE UNLIKELY TO SPREAD DUE TO THOSE WET CONDITIONS. THE OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY. $$