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SUBJECT:  SW BULLETIN 45
SUBJECT: CENTAF WEATHER SWO BULLETIN 45 REF JOAF 288 IS A SYNOPTIC WEATHER FROM 15-16 jAN 91; SEA SURFACE DATA, METSAT DISCUSSION, FORECAST OUTLOOK : NO ADDRESS PAGE.

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   SWO BULLETIN 45
   FOXX31 XXXX 142330.
   KQQ6  JOAF #288					 VALID: I5/OOOOZ TO 16/OOOOZ JAN 91
   1. (U) PART A: SYNOPTIC SITUATION:
   15Z SFC ANAL SHOWS A WK LOK CTRD AT APPROX 20N/53E (IOI5SMB) WITH
   TROFO XTNO SWWRD TO APPROX 18N/45E. GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN RPTD IN
   THE NERN/ERN AOR IN THE VCNTY OF THIS TROF (20 TO 30KTS).  ISOLD RWS
   ARE OCCURRING IN THE SERN ARABIAN GULF IN THE VCNTY OF THE LOW.
   A SEPARATE LOW IS EVIDENT IN NRN IRAQ AT APPROX 36N/43E (1014MB) WITH
   TROFG TO THE SE.   HIGH PRESSURE IS RIDGING INTO THE NWRN AOR. THE
   RED SEA TROF XTNDS NWRD FROM 10/37E TO 26N/40E. DURING THE NEXT
   24HRS AM FOG/ST ARE EXPECTED TO PLAGUE PORTIONS OF THE NRN AND ERN
  AOR DUE TO RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND CLRING SKIES. WINDS WILL CONTINUE
   TO BE GUSTY IN THE ERN AOR WITH VSBYS REDUCED IN BLOWING  SAND.
   IN THE UPPER LEVELS,   FLOW HAS BECOME HIGH ZONAL ACROSS THE AOR,
   LENDING LITTLE SUPPORT TO THE SFC TROF.
   2. PART B: SEA SURFACE DATA VT: 15/12Z
                     POINT 1       POINT 2      POINT 3
                    (26/52E)     (22/64E)        (18N/40E)
    TEMP (C)       21            24                 27
    WAVE DIR   130          040               130                      
    PERIOD SEC  4               4                   4
    HEIGHT FT     3               4                    4
   3. (U) PART C:   METSAT DISCUSSION:
   DMSP IMAGERY AT 1830Z SHOWED CONTD CLRG THRU CNTRL SA AT THE MID AND
   UPR LEVELS.  STRONG  MID LVL FLOW OVER THE RED SEA TROF PERPENDICULAR
   TO THE WRN MTNS SA HAS GENERATED MTN WVS THAT EXTND FWRD TO RIYADH
   (EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE MID TO UPPER LEVEL TURBC). BKN TO OVC ST/SC
   IS EVIDENT OVR NERN IRAQ (33N/44E,  60NM DIAMETER).   BKN TO OVC ST/SC
   LIES ACROSS THE CNTRL ARABIAN GULF AND THRU CNTRL SA ALONG THE APPROX
  POSITION OF THE TROF (29N/50E TO 26N/54E TO 22N/47E).    SCT AC IS
  EVIDENT OVR WRN SA FROM 18N/41E TO 22N/47E TO 21N/48E.
  4.   PART D: AREA FORECASTS
    A.    AREA 10  (ALL OF SA, YEMEN, UAE AND OMAN)
    WINDS:           NRN: 33012KT; 33012/20KT 08 TO 14Z
         		     ERN:  33012/20KT ISOLD G28KT;  33015KT AFT 14Z
         	                 CNTRL:  34010KT;  34012/20KT 08 TO 14Z
         		      SRN: 08012KT
   VSBY/WX:        CNTRL: 7;  5SAHZ 08 TO 14Z
         		      ERN/SERN: 5SAHZ; ISOLD 1/2FG TIL 05Z
        		                        ISOLD 4RW
		    SRN:  7
    CLOUDS:        ERN/SERN: 5STOlO/025 6AC070/100 CIGOIO
         		     3SC020/030 5AC070/100 CIG070 AFT 10
                            CNTRL:  4SC025/035 5AC080/100 CIG080

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