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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
409 AM MDT SUN MAY 4 2014

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS WILL BRING
MOIST EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
TODAY...WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 50S IN NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA TO AROUND 70
IN SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RANGE
FROM AROUND 50 PERCENT IN NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA TO AROUND 40
PERCENT IN SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA. 


SDZ001-002-012>014-025>027-030>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-
042300-
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-
NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-FALL RIVER-SHANNON-
JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON...
BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...DUPREE...SPEARFISH...RAPID CITY...
EDGEMONT...HOT SPRINGS...FOLSOM...WALL...PHILIP...ARDMORE...
OELRICHS...PINE RIDGE...KYLE...KADOKA...MARTIN...WHITE RIVER...
MISSION...WINNER...STURGIS...UNION CENTER...HERMOSA
409 AM MDT SUN MAY 4 2014 /509 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2014/

...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 MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY. 


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