DESERT STORM WEATHER 17 JANUARY-2 MARCH 1991

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	   DESERT STORM 			21 January 1991

                 General Weather. The weak low-pressure area just west of the
                 Strait ~ Hormuz became quasi-stationary and weakened Lowly
                 A quasi-stationary trough emended sourer from the low
                 westward across the central Arabian peninsula.. A vigorous low
                 moved eastward into the eastern Meditterranean Sea; a series of
                 troughs around it brought isolated showers and thundershowers 10
                 Egg, the northern Red Sea, -extreme northeastern Saudi Amble,
                 gram and western Jordan. A weak low moved through
                 northeastern Syria into southern Turkey. Level disturbances
                 continued to move east-northeastward along the subtropical Jet
                 stream; crossing northern Saudi Arabia and Kuwait into Iran.
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                 Area of interest Patchy dense fog and low clouds again plagued
                 southwestern Iraq and extreme northeastern Saudi Arabia until they
                 dissipated In late morning. Cloud bases were Tom zero 10 FOOD
                 feet: visibilities from near zero to 500 meters. Layered middle
                 and high clouds persisted Tom 10,00010 32,OOO feet over most of
                 northern and mental Saudi Arabs and the central Red Sea.
                 Shown and thinderstorms ~N oar Jordan, Warn Syria and
                 southern Turkey. Thunderstorm tops reached 35,000 feet In
                 northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey, clouds were layered to
                 7,000 feet; a middle cloud deck over southeastern Turkey moved
                 northeastward out of the area by 1200Z. Mountains above 3,500
                 feet were obscured most of the day.

                 Area of Intense Interest Extensive fog and low clouds also
                 prevailed in this area. Cloud bases were Tom near zero to 500
                 mead, and fops Cached 2,000 feet The clouds and fog Lowly
                 dissipated by late morning over southwestern Iraq and northeastern
                 Saudi Arabia as far east as Rafha and King Khalid Brag Military.
                 Over northeastern Saudi Arabs, the law clouds and fog became
                 broken with bases near 3,000 feet and tops at ~000 feet by early
                 afternoon. On the Saudi Arabian Persian Gulf coast early morning
                 ceilings were also near zero' but by late morning, most clouds had
                 become scattered. Patchy fog and low clouds reformed throughout
                 Al of northeastern Saudi Arabia and extreme southwestern Iraq
                 shortly aver dark ceilings dipped 10 200-500 feet by 210~.
                 Layered middle and high clouds Tom l O,000-32,000 feet moved
                 Lowly southeastward over southern Iraq, northwestern Saudi
                 Arabia, and Kuwait by 21 OOZ, they were over central and
                 northeastern Saudi Arabia Just southeast of Kuwait Infrared
                 northeastern image (Figure 3-O1 Page 3-15) taken Just before sunrise

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