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DESERT STORM                                       14 February 1991

General Weather. High-pressure over Iran and Syria resulted in
fair weather across most of the region, as shown In Figure 3-31.

Area of Interest.  Morning skies over northern Iraq were overcast
with middle and high cloud; ceilings were as low as 10,000 feet
The clouds moved eastward and were over Iran by 1200Z. Broken
low and middle clouds over central and southern Saudi Arabia
produced 5,000-foot ceilings with scattered light rainshowers and
9-km visibilities. The clouds moved southeastward and became
scattered after 1200Z. Visibilities in western and southern Iraq
were as low as 6 km where 20-knot winds resulted in localized
suspended and blowing dust

Area of Intense Interest.  Cloud cover consisted only of thin
scattered high cloud over eastern Iraq and Kuwait bases were
20,000 feet; tops, 25,000 feet.  The high cloud moved east into 
Iran by 1200Z.  Winds were light and variable in the early morning, 
becoming northerly to easterly at 5-15 knots during the day.

Morning visibilities along the Perslan Gus coast near Kuwait were
8 km in fog. Widespread haze over northern Saudi Arable
produced visibilities of 8 km.

High temperatures were l6-18( C; lows were 2-5( C.







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