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File: 110196_aacbt_01.txtSUBJECT: CENTAF WEATHER SWO BULLETIN 45 DESCRIPTION: SYNOPTIC SITUATION WEATHER FROM 21/0000Z TO 22/0000Z JAN 91 (PART A) METSAT WEATHER DISCUSSION 9PART B) 24-48 HR FORECAST (PARTS E&F) DOCUMENT IS MISSING ADDRESS ELEMENT. ATTENTION: THE TFU HAS A NEW PHONE, [(b)(2) PLEASE ROUTE ALL MESSAGE TRAFFIC DESTINED FOR THE TFU TO RHIUFZA/CENTAF WEATHER. THANK YOU. SWO BULLETIN 45 FOXX31 XXXX 210000 KQQG JOAF #300 VALID: 21/0000Z TO 22/0000Z JAN 9l 1. (U) PART A: SYNOPTIC SITUATION: 15Z SFC ANAL SHOWS A WEAK LOW AT 26N/52E (1015MB) WITH A COUPLE OF TROFS EXTENDING OUT OF THE LOW. THE FIRST TROF EXTENDS FROM THE LOW SOUTHWEST TO 18N/47E, THE NEXT ONE EXTENDS ALONG THE EAST COAST up INTO SOUTHEASTERN IRAQ TO 30N/46E. ANOTHER LOW IS LOCATED IN THE EASTERN MED AT 35N/30E {1015MBS) WITH A TROF EXTENDING DOWN INTO EGYPT. THIS LOW IS SLOWING MOVING EAST PRODUCING TSTMS/RASH IN THE - EASTERN MED. HIGH-PRESSURE FROM THE CASPIAN SEA IS RIDGING SOUTH INTO CENTRAL IRAQ, AND NRN SAUDI ARABIA. HIGH PRESSURE IS ALSO LOCATED AT WITH A VALUE OF 1019MBS. WEAK LOW (1018MBS) WAS LOCATED AT 36N/42E AND IS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. EXPECT FOG AND STRATUS AGAIN IN THE MORNING AS THE FLOW ALONG THE EAST COAST, NERN, NRN, AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SAUDI ARABIA WILL BE OFF OF THE THE PERSIAN GULF. DURING THIS PERIOD THE LOW AT 26N/52E WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SLIDE SOUTHEAST AND FILL. THE ASSOCIATED TROF WILL CONTINUE TO PuSH SOUTH. EXPECT THE ST/FG TO CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE PENINSULA. TROFING WAS ALSO EVIDENT FROM NWRN SAUDI ARABIA TO EASTERN JORDAN. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN THROUGH THE 24 HOUR PERIOD STARTS TO GO FROM A LOW ZONAL FLOW TO A HIGH ZONAL FLOW. SHORTWAVES WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE THROUGH NORTHERN SAUDI ARABIA,I KUWAIT, AND SOUTHERN IRAQ BRINGING MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS TO THE AREA.. THE FOG AND STRATUS DECK IN SOUTHERN IRAQ AND NORTHERN SAUDI ARABIA WILL CONTINUE TO PERSIST THROUGH THE 24 HOUR PERIOD. 2. (U) PART B: SEA SURFACE DATA VT: 20/12Z POINT 1 POINT 2 POINT3 26N/52E) (22N/04E) (18N/40E) TEMP (C) 22 25 27 WAVE DIR 260 050 130 PERIOD SEC O 4 4 HEIGHT FT 1 4 4 3. (U) PART C: METSAT DISCUSSION: DMSP AT 19Z SHOWS A SHORTWAVE MOVING THRU NRN SAUDI ARABIA. THE STJ IS STILL SCREAMING THRU THE NRN AOR WITH JET MAXES OF 110KTS. MOST OF THE CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE JET ARE AC/AS FROM 100 TO 180. SOME BUILD-UPS CAN BE SEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE IN NORTHWESTERN SAUDI ARABIA. THIS SHORT WAVE HAS BEEN MOVING AT 70 TO 80KTS AND IS LOSING STRENGTH AS IT CLIMBS THE RIDGE. ANOTHER LESS INTENSE SHORTWAVE WAS LOCATED IN SRN IRAQ/NAN PERSIAN GULF. THE REMAINDER OF THE CNTRL AND NRN AOR IS UNDER AN AC/AS DECK FROM 100 TO 180. SFC OBSERVATIONS SHOW A SCT TO BKN SC DECK PROM 015 TO 040 IN NORTHERN SAUDI ARABIA. PATCHY ST IS PRESENT IN VARIOUS FORMS FROM
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