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FNUS63 KFSD 071917
RFDFSD

Rangeland Fire Danger Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
217 PM CDT Wed Oct 7 2026

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures have warmed to the upper 60s and 70s across the area. 
This is resulting in lower humidity with humidity values down to 20-
50%, lowest along and east of I-29. Winds remain mainly light but a 
few locations are reported northwest winds with isolated gusts up to 
20-25 mph. Thus, some locally elevated fire danger is possible 
through the rest of the afternoon hours before winds drop off this 
evening.

Chances (20-50%) for rain will return for Thursday night for 
locations east of I-29. However, rainfall amounts look light, 
generally between a few hundredths to about a tenth of an inch or 
so. 

Warming temperatures for the end of the week along with 
strengthening southerly winds will result in elevated fire danger 
across the area, especially on Saturday as high temperatures warm to 
the 80s while dew points fall to the 50s, resulting in lower 
humidity values down to about 30-40%. Winds will also be strongest 
at 30-40 knots on Saturday. The main uncertainty regarding this fire 
danger potential is fuels. Fuels remain green from recent rainfall 
so will monitor how much drier fuels get heading into Saturday.

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-072230-
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 THURSDAY 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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