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DESERT STORM 24 January 1991
General Weather. A weak cold front extended Mom central Iran
across southern Iraq and extreme northern Saudi Arabia. A low
developed ~ the eastern Mediterranean and moved eastward into
western Syria. The subtropical jet stream crossed central Saudi
Arabia and the Persian Gulf.
Area of interest scattered 10 Woken low clouds extended Tom
western Iraq to the Mediterranean. Cloudiness increased near the
Mediterranean Sea as the low developed. At 1200Z, heavy rain fed
~ extreme northern Saudi Arabia near the western Iraq border
Some light rain also fell in populous of Jordan. Fog formed during
the night and through the morning in north-central Saudi Arabia,
along the western Saudi Arabia-Iraq Borden In northern Jordan, and
in southern Syria. The subtropical Jet stream produced two ease
west lees of convection from Dhahran and Qatar into ken with
scattered showers near the coast and over the Persian Cult
Area of Intense Interest. As shown in Figure 3-9, low cloudiness
prevailed along and behind the cold Font during the first half of the
day--ceilings were 2,000-2,500 feet with tops 10 6,000 feet.
Cloudiness gradually dissipated during the day, but low clouds from
2,500 10 6,000 feet associated with the eastward-moving
disturbance from the Mediterranean, entered the area in the
evening.
Winds were westerly to northwesterly 10 knots during the E~ 12
hours becoming northeasterly to northwesterly at 10 knots later in the
day.
Visibllitles in fog were as low as 5 km from 0000 to 1000Z in Saudi
Arabia.
High temperatures ranged from 12( C In the north to l9( C in the
south. Lows were from 1 to 9( C.
3-22
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