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File: 110196_aacbq_01.txtSUBJECT: CENTAF WEATHER STAFF WEWTHER OFFICER BULLETIN JOAF 306 DESCRIPTION: SYNOPTIC SITUATION WEATHER FROM24/0000Z TO 25/0000Z JAN 91 (PART A) METSAT WEATHER DISCUSSION (PART B) 24-48 HR FOREAST PARTS E & F. FOXX31 XXXX 240000 KOOG JOAF #306 VALID: 24/OOOOZ TO 25/OOOOZ JAN 91 1. (U) PART A: SYNOPTIC SITUATION: 15Z LAWC PLACES THE POLAR FRONT ACROSS CNTRL IRAQ (35N/46E TO 32N/39E). , AT ANAL TIME LITTLE WX WAS ASSOCD WITH THIS FRONT. INSTEAD, BKN TO OVC LOW AND MID CLOUDS ARE PRESENT IN THE VCNTY OF THE FRONT. A LOW IS PRESENT ALONG THE SA/IQ BORDER (1015MB, 29N/4E). SATELLITE IMAGERY AT THIS TIME SHOWS BKN/OVC LOW AND MID CLOUDS IN THE VCNTY OF THE LOW. A TROF EXTENDS WSW OF THIS LOW AND JOINS THE RED SEA TROF AT 20N/38E. YET ANOTHER LOW IS PRESENT IN THE SRN PERSIAN GULF (25N/53E, 1022MB). A TROF XTNDS WSW OUT OF THIS LOW TO 19N/48E. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 20KTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE VCNTY OF THIS LOW. WK HIGH PRESSURE (1022MB) IS LOCATED AT 20N/43E. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A WK CYCLONIC CIRCULATION IN THE ERN MED THAT WAS NOT ANALYZED FOR ON THE LAWC (LACK OF DATA). IN THE UPR LEVELS THE STJ HAS PUSHED FURTHER S AND IS HIGH ZONAL. A BRANCH OF THE PFJ DIPS OUT OF THE N OVR THE ERN MED AND PROVIDES WK SUPPORT FOR THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM. OVR THE NEXT 24HRS THE FRONT IS XPCTED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FURTHER S INTO IO BRINGING WITH IT CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW DAYS (I.E. BKN/OVC LOW, MID, AND HIGH CLOUDS' ISOLD RW). 2. (U) SEA SURFACE DATA VT: 24/OOZ POINT 1 POINT 2 POINT 3 (26N/52E) (22N/64E) (18N/40E) TEMP (C) 26 25 27 WAVE DIR 260 030 110 PERIOD SEC O 4 4 HEIGHT FT 1 3 2 3. (U) PART C: METSAT DISCUSSION: THE DMSP THERMAL FROM 19Z SHOWS EXTENSIVE COLD AIR SC OVR MUCH OF THE ERN MED. A BAND ALSO IS LYING ACROSS NERN LIBYA AND NON EGYPT. SC CIGS ASSOC W./ THE FRONT ARE IN SRN SYRIA, NRN JORDAN AND THRU CNTRL IRAQ, THEN TURNING N OVR IRAN. THIS BAND IS PUSHING INTO THE SE AHEAD-OF CLR COOL AIR INVADING NRN IRAQ WHICH STRETCHES NW OVR TURKEY. BKN AC IS ALSO OVR CNTRL IRAQ IN THE AREA OF BAGHDAD AND ITS TWO WRN ADJACENT LAKES. S OF THIS BKN SC/AC IS NCLSD BY 34N/46E, 33N/48E, 29N/46E, 29N/44E AND IS SLWLY SPREADING AND MOVG E. FURTHER 5, OVR SRN IRAQ, KUWAIT AND ALONG THE SA/IRAQ BORDER TO 29N/44E IS SCT SC. 8KN ST/SC IS LYING OVR THE WRN GULF AREA AND TO 27N/46E AND 25N/46E WHERE IT BECOMES OBSCURED BY THE OVERLYING BKN TO OVC CS IN THE CNTRL GULF AND PTS; 29N/51E, 26N/SOE, 23N/44E, 23N/49E, 21N/50E AND 27N/SSE. A LINE OF CONVECTION CAN BE SEEN THRU THE CS ALONG 25N/49E TO 27N/54E. BKN AC IS FORMING ALONG THE WRN SA MTNS BETWEEN 21N/17N. 4. (U) AREA FORECASTS A. (U) AREA 10: WINDS: N: 09010KT OSOV130 : SE: 1501OKT CNTRL: 0301 OKT; 04010/15KT SW: 20012KT LCLLY G20 TIL 08 TO 17Z NW: 33012KT
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