DESERT STORM WEATHER 17 JANUARY-2 MARCH 1991

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DESERT STORM 7 February 1991
General Weather. A low-pressure system over northeastern Saudi
Arabia resumed ~ afternoon and evening ralnshowers and
thunderstorms over Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf The
subtropical Jet stream brought middle and upper cloudiness to
central Saudi Arabia. Weak high pressure was centered over Iraq.
Areas of interest Scattered low clouds, with some middle and high
clouds that were occasionally broken, extended across central
Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf. Tops wer1mm 10,000
25,0001eet. Broken low clouds with bases at 2,000 feet were
evident early in the morning over western Iraq. Light afternoon
rainshowers feN over east-central Saudi Arabia. Isolated late
evening thunderstorms were reposed over the wesEcentral pay of
the Perslan Gulf. Tops were about 30,000-35,0001eet. Vislbllltles
northwestern Saudl Arabs were 7-9 km ~ haze and suspended
dust. Suspended dust also reduced early morning vlslbllltles In
eas1-central Saudl Arabla to 4,800 meters.
Ares ofIntenseInterest. Eady morning skies were generally
ea~ but scamped middle clouds from the west moved into central
 Iraq and Kuwa# by mld-morn~g. The middle clouds over centml
 Iraq went scaMered to broken at 10,000 feet by late morning. Skies
 became scaMered by eady afternoon, as shown ~ Flgure 3-24. By
 eady evening, cloud cover over Kuwait and southeast Iraq became
 scattered, variable to broken, at 10,000-18,000 feet. Isolated
 evening thunderstorms developed over extreme northern Kuwa#;
 tops reached 3O,OOO feet Figure 3-24 shows these clouds welt
 Earn morning winds were light and variable, becoming
 northwestern to nodhedy at 10-15 knots by late morning.
 Haze and suspended dust reduced visibilitles over central Iraq to
 km. Smoke, haze, and suspended dug endued ~s~#~s
 nodhem ~# ~ 5) km and ~ 1 ~00 maw In soughs ^_~-
 see Figure 3-24.
Hlgh temperatures were 7-15� C; lows, O-G� C.

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