CENTAF WEATHER STAFF WEWTHER OFFICER BULLETIN JOAF 306

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SUBJECT: CENTAF WEATHER STAFF WEWTHER OFFICER BULLETIN JOAF 306
DESCRIPTION: SYNOPTIC SITUATION WEATHER FROM24/0000Z TO 25/0000Z JAN 91 (PART A) METSAT WEATHER DISCUSSION (PART B) 24-48 HR FOREAST PARTS E & F.

FOXX31 XXXX 240000
KOOG JOAF #306 VALID: 24/OOOOZ TO 25/OOOOZ JAN 91
1. (U) PART A: SYNOPTIC SITUATION:
15Z LAWC PLACES THE POLAR FRONT ACROSS CNTRL IRAQ (35N/46E TO
32N/39E). , AT ANAL TIME LITTLE WX WAS ASSOCD WITH THIS FRONT.
INSTEAD, BKN TO OVC LOW AND MID CLOUDS ARE PRESENT IN THE VCNTY OF
THE FRONT. A LOW IS PRESENT ALONG THE SA/IQ BORDER (1015MB,
29N/4E). SATELLITE IMAGERY AT THIS TIME SHOWS BKN/OVC LOW AND MID
CLOUDS IN THE VCNTY OF THE LOW. A TROF EXTENDS WSW OF THIS LOW AND
JOINS THE RED SEA TROF AT 20N/38E. YET ANOTHER LOW IS PRESENT IN THE
SRN PERSIAN GULF (25N/53E, 1022MB). A TROF XTNDS WSW OUT OF THIS LOW
TO 19N/48E. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 20KTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE VCNTY
OF THIS LOW. WK HIGH PRESSURE (1022MB) IS LOCATED AT 20N/43E.
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A WK CYCLONIC CIRCULATION IN THE ERN MED THAT
WAS NOT ANALYZED FOR ON THE LAWC (LACK OF DATA). IN THE UPR LEVELS
THE STJ HAS PUSHED FURTHER S AND IS HIGH ZONAL. A BRANCH OF THE PFJ
DIPS OUT OF THE N OVR THE ERN MED AND PROVIDES WK SUPPORT FOR THIS
FRONTAL SYSTEM. OVR THE NEXT 24HRS THE FRONT IS XPCTED TO CONTINUE
TO PUSH FURTHER S INTO IO BRINGING WITH IT CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO THE
PAST FEW DAYS (I.E. BKN/OVC LOW, MID, AND HIGH CLOUDS' ISOLD RW).
2. (U) SEA SURFACE DATA VT: 24/OOZ
POINT 1 POINT 2 POINT 3
(26N/52E) (22N/64E) (18N/40E)
TEMP (C) 26 25 27
WAVE DIR 260 030 110
PERIOD SEC O 4 4
HEIGHT FT 1 3 2
3. (U) PART C: METSAT DISCUSSION:
THE DMSP THERMAL FROM 19Z SHOWS EXTENSIVE COLD AIR SC OVR MUCH OF THE
ERN MED. A BAND ALSO IS LYING ACROSS NERN LIBYA AND NON EGYPT. SC
CIGS ASSOC W./ THE FRONT ARE IN SRN SYRIA, NRN JORDAN AND THRU CNTRL
IRAQ, THEN TURNING N OVR IRAN. THIS BAND IS PUSHING INTO THE SE
AHEAD-OF CLR COOL AIR INVADING NRN IRAQ WHICH STRETCHES NW OVR
TURKEY. BKN AC IS ALSO OVR CNTRL IRAQ IN THE AREA OF BAGHDAD AND ITS
TWO WRN ADJACENT LAKES. S OF THIS BKN SC/AC IS NCLSD BY 34N/46E,
33N/48E, 29N/46E, 29N/44E AND IS SLWLY SPREADING AND MOVG E. FURTHER
5, OVR SRN IRAQ, KUWAIT AND ALONG THE SA/IRAQ BORDER TO 29N/44E IS
SCT SC. 8KN ST/SC IS LYING OVR THE WRN GULF AREA AND TO 27N/46E AND
25N/46E WHERE IT BECOMES OBSCURED BY THE OVERLYING BKN TO OVC CS IN
THE CNTRL GULF AND PTS; 29N/51E, 26N/SOE, 23N/44E, 23N/49E, 21N/50E
AND 27N/SSE. A LINE OF CONVECTION CAN BE SEEN THRU THE CS ALONG
25N/49E TO 27N/54E. BKN AC IS FORMING ALONG THE WRN SA MTNS BETWEEN
21N/17N.
4. (U) AREA FORECASTS
A. (U) AREA 10:
WINDS: N: 09010KT OSOV130 :
SE: 1501OKT
CNTRL: 0301 OKT; 04010/15KT
SW: 20012KT LCLLY G20 TIL 08 TO 17Z
NW: 33012KT