RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 328 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014 .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS CANADA WILL RESULT IN BREEZY WEST WINDS TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S...AND VERY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE DANGER. A QUICK MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT AS WELL. A FEW WEAK SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT...THOUGH MOST OF THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-092330- 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 328 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014 /228 AM MDT WED APR 9 2014/ ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER... THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE EXTREME CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A VERY LOW MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES...AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND...INDICATE THAT CRITICAL BURNING CONDITIONS EXIST. A FIRE WILL START EASILY AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME LARGE AND SPREAD QUICKLY BECOMING ERRATIC WITH EXTREME BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS. NO OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD TAKE PLACE. THE OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY TO VERY HIGH CATEGORY.
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