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ATTENTION: THE TFU HAS A NEW PHONE -[(B)(2)] (UNSECURE). PLEASE
 ROUTE ALL MESSAGE TRAFFIC DESTINED FOR THE TFU TO RHIUFZA/CENTAF
 WEATHER.  THANK YOU.
 
 SWO BULLETIN 45
 FOXX31 XXXX 201130
 KQQG JOAF #299 				VALID: 20/12002 TO 21/12002 JAN 91
 1. (U) PART A: SYNOPTIC SITUATION:
 06Z SFC ANAL SHOWS A WEAK LOW OVR SRN ARABIAN GULF (26N/53E) (1016MB)
 WITH A WEAK TROF EXTENDING SW ACRS SRN SAUDI TO 20N/45E. THE WIND
 FLOW BEHIND THIS FEATURE HAS ADVECTED MOISTURE ACROSS NRN SAUDI' SRN
 IRAQ' AND KUWAIT PRODUCING FOG AND STRATUS. THE LOW AND ASSOC TROF -
 WILL CONTINUE TO TREK S AND FILL. A WEAK TROF EXTENDS ACRS SYRIA
 WITH ASSOC BEN SC/AC. -THE TROF WILL TREK SLOWLY TO THE NE DURING
 THIS PERIOD. CYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS EVIDENT IN NW SAUDI and IS -
 SUPPORTED WITH AN UPPER LVL S/W. THE UPPER LVL FEATURE WILL OUTRUN
 THE SFO LOW, SO THE L  PROGGED TO FILL. A LOW IS CENTERED OVR
 THE EASTERN MED (36N  98  WITH A TROF EXTENDING SW ACRS NWRN
 EGYPT TO ERN LIBYA. THIS][ SYSTEM WILL TREK SLOWLY ENE WITH ASSOC
 TS/RASH IN ITS WAKE. THE RED SEA TROF CONTINUES TO REMAIN STNRY WITH
 A ]C BKN SC/CU. AS HIGH PRESSURE IS CENTERED OVR THE SERN ARABIAN
 PENINSULA AT 20N/56E (1022MB). THE SIBERIAN HIGH RIDGES IN FROM SRN
 USSR ACRS THE CASPIAN SEA INTO WRN IRAQ. IN THE UPPER LVLS, THE PFJ
 EXTENDS FROM THE ERN MED ACRS SYRIA AND INTO ERN TURKEY. THE STJ
 EXTEND ACRS CNTRL EGYPT, NW SAUDI AND KUWAIT. SHORT WAVES CONTINUE
 TO PROPAGATE ACRS THE STJ PROVIDING LWR CIGS AND CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
 FOR NRN SAUDI, KUWAIT, AND SRN IRAQ.
 2. (U) PART B: SEA SURFACE DATA VI: 20/122
		 POINT 1 	POINT 2		 POINT 3
		(26N/52E) 	(22N/64E) 	(18N/40E)
 TEMP (C	 22 		25 		27
 WAVE DIR 	260 		050 		130
 PERIOD SEC 	0 		4		4
 HEIGHT FT 	1		 4		 4
 3. ( U ) PART C: METSAT DISCUSSION:
 THE STJ WITH ITS MULTIPLE S/WVS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE CNTRL
 PORTIONS OF THE AOR. THE   FL OVR CTRL AFRICA SHOWS MUCH
 U  LVL _  POISTURE RATHER THAN UPPER MOISTER LVLS, CONTINUITY OF THESE S/WVS
 INDICATES AVG SPD TO BE 60KTS. AS HE S/WVS TRAVERSE THE CNTRL RED
 SEA, OVR THE SEMIPERMANENT TROF, ADDITIONAL MOISTURE IS PICKED UP AND
 ADVECTED INTO THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVR NRN SAUDI AND IRAQ.
 CURRENTLY, CONTINUITY OF METEOSAT AND DMSP SHOTS INDICATES A S/WV OVR
 WRN SUDAN AT 21N/24E IS MOVG AT 60KTS WITH A SIGNIFICANT WV IN NRN
 SAUDI AT 30N/40E MOVG AT 50KTS SLIGHTLY AS IT INTO
 THE WIDE UPPER LVL RIDGE AXIS OVR CNTRL IRAN AT 5SE. A THIRD WV AT
 3L-/47E WITH ASSOC IMBD TS OVR THE NRN ARABIAN OULF CONTINUES TO MOVE
 EASTWARD AT 50KTS INTO IRAN. A S/WV IN NN SAUDI HAS KICKED OFF IMBD

 

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