DESERT STORM WEATHER 17 JANUARY-2 MARCH 1991

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DESERT STORM 			2 February 1991
       
General Weather. A trough of low pressure formed to the east of
a high-pressure cell centered over eastern Saudi Arabia, causing
low clouds in southern Iraq. The frontal system shown in Flours 3-
la, with low center in the southern Caspian Sea and in ease
central Syria, extended along the northern Iraq border. The strong
sup Jet Wham spread high and middy clouds over Dental
Saudi Arabia.
       
Area of littered Low and middle clouds prevailed over northern
and western Iraq. Light rain fell In Syria and northern Iraq
throughout the day. Snow fan north of Consul obscuring terra
above 4,000 feet Early-morning ground fog formed in low-lying
areas over most of the eastern Arabian Peninsula. Reported
visibilities were reduced to about 7 km. Extensive areas of
mountain-wave turbulence developed near the Syria-Iraq border
between 0300 and 1500Z and reached to 43� E.
       
Area of intense Interest The subtropical Jet stream caused
layered middle and high clouds over the area south of 32� N
throughout the day. Clangs were between 15,000 and 25,000
feet with the lowest along the northern Persian Gulf Frontal low
clouds stretched along the Syria-Iraq bower. The broken low
clouds southwest of Baghdad included 4,000-foot ceilings and
5,000-foot gaps. These Clouds gradually moved east by 2000Z,
they were on the Kuwait coast Another layer of low clouds with
ceilings of about 3,000 feet formed over the Tigris-Euphrates river
valley north of 31( N during the night
       
Winds were easterly at 10-15 knots south of 30( N. southerly In the
dental area, and westerly nosh of 33� N. They were gush ~ the
southern areas.
       
       Duststorms reduced visibilities in the northern Nafud Desert
       eastward to southern Kuwait between 1200 and 2000Z. Minimum
       visibility was about 2,400 meters. Dense smoke was reposed In
       northwestern Kuwait before 0800Z--visibilities were probably below
       2,000 meters.
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       High temperatures were 13-16( C; lows, 2-11( C.
       
       
       
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