A strong cold front pushed through the region on Tuesday dropping our temperatures and increasing the winds and fire danger.
Today, the winds are forecast to increase bringing wind gusts over 50mph across the northwest and gusts over 30 and 40mph across the south and east.
Because of the dry conditions and strong northwest winds, Red Flag Warnings are in effect for much of us in South Dakota today. This means that conditions are favorable for fires to spread quickly if started.