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DESERT STORM                                           12 February 1991

General Weather. High pressure dominated, but a low-pressure
system moved into the eastern Mediterranean by the end of the
day, increasing cloudiness over western Iraq.

Area of Interest. Broken middle clouds at 8,000-10 000 feet were
present over northeast, east and east-central Saudi Arabia and the
Persian Gulf during the morning. By late evening, there were
scattered to broken high clouds at 20,000-25,000 feet over western
Iraq.

Area of Intense Interest. Broken middle clouds at 8,000-10,000
feet remained over Kuwait until mid-morning. Scattered upper
clouds moved into central Iraq by late evening.

Winds were northwesterly to northerly at 10-15 knots.
Smoke plumes were visible over eastern Iraq and Kuwait--see
Figure 3-29. Visibilities in Kuwait were 5-7 km due to smoke and
haze.

High temperatures were 10-15(; lows, 0-5( C.








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