DESERT STORM WEATHER IMPACTS (U)

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01  05   211459Z JAN 91  00    				CAT 7591
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 		5WW LANGLEY AFB VA//CAT//

 		AWS SCOTT AFB IL//CAT//

	ACCT AF-ACXJRF

SUBJECT: DESERT STORM WEATHER IMPACTS (U)
 
1. (U) FOLLOWING INFO OBTAINED [(b)(6)]			PER
 
YOUR REQUEST FOR POTENTIAL AWS/CC USE.
 
2. (U) CENTCOM.
 
A (U) CENTCOM SWO HAS SUPERB WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH CENTCOM
 
J2/J3 STAFFS. J2/J3 REQUEST FREQUENT WEATHER BRIEFS AND UPDATES,

ESPECIALLY AFTER RECEIPT OF NEW DMSP IMAGERY. CENTCOM STAFF MAKES

DECISIONS FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH [(b)(6)]	 STAFF. SWOS GET

NUMEROUS COMMENTS THROUGHOUT EACH DAY ON SUPER WEATHER SUPPORT.
 
SPECIFIC EXAMPLES FOLLOW:
 
B.  ON 19 JAN THERE WERE NO SCHEDULED MISSIONS USING A HIGH

RESOLUTION OPTICAL CAMERA (H CAM). DMSP IMAGERY SHOWED CLEARING

FASTER THAN EXPECTED IN W. IRAQ. AS A RESULT, CENTCOM TASKED H CAM

MISSIONS OVER W. IRAQ TO LOOK FOR SCUDS. WE THINK THIS CONTRIBUTED
 
TO FINDING SCUDS BUT SPECIFIC DETAILS NOT AVAILABLE.

C.  THE 21 JAN ATO HAD H CAM MISSIONS OVER E. IRAQ. CENTCOM SWO


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