DESERT STORM WEATHER 17 JANUARY-2 MARCH 1991

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DESERT STORM 3 February 1991

General Weather. The frontal system In eastern Syria began to
move slowly eastward and break up, resulting in lowered ceilings
and gush winds. The needy dry front passed Baghdad at 2000Z.
e weak front shin In Feud 3-20 extended from central Iraq to
near Riyadh, spreading low clouds to Iraq's eastern section. The
subtropical Jet stream became more westerly than northwestern,
leaving the northern Persian Gulf cloud-tree but spreading scattered
to broken middle and high clouds across Saudi Arabia.

Areas of Interest. isolated thunderstorms with tops to 35,000 feet
affected the northern Iraq border between 0300 and 0600Z.
Broken 10 overcast low clouds produced 3,000-foot clangs nosh
35( N in Iraq been 0630 and 1700. Light rain fell in Syria.
and Iraq near the Turkish border between 0800 and 2000Z.
Sustained winds to 25 knots were reporter In extreme northwestern
Saudi Arabia as the Font passed. Extensive duststorms reduced
visibilities to 1,000 meters near the front in the Syrian and Nafud
Deserts. Duststorms were also reposed at 1500Z between Riyadh
and Kuwait.
Areas of Intense interest Diddle and high Clouds from the
subtropical Jet stream had moved out of the area by 1000Z In the
morning, scattered 10 broken low clouds covered Iraq east of 43�
E and all of Kuwait. Some locations recorded 3,000-foot ceilings.
By 1200Z, the clouds had moved eastward 10 the kg-Turkey
border. A small area of low clouds with 3,000-foot ceilings formed
about 100 miles west of Baghdad ~1600Z

Winds were westerly at 10-25 knots west of 45( E, but
southeastern at 10-15 knots to the east There were gusts to 35
knots near the font.
Duststorms reduced Visibilities 10 as low as 500 meters at about
150Z in southern Iraq and northeastern Saudi  Arabia.
Elsewhere, visibilities were above 6 km.

High temperatures were 8-20( C; lows, 3-16( C.

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