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File: 110196_aacmv_01.txtATTENTION: 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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