Great link there! I've used the PSU E-wall page in the past, but I didn't know they were doing Iraq coverage. There are also operational model forecasts linked on that page. The UKMET, AVN, and CMC models (initialized 0000 UTC last night, so about 30 hours ago) all show a very nice upper-level low in the eastern Mediterranean, which moves east and begins to weaken rapidly once it moves over Iraq (right about now). Just for a little background, the UKMET is the United Kingdom's operational global weather forecast model, the AVN is the U.S's and the CMC is Canada's.
Here's a link to the AVN loop:
http://www.meteo.psu.edu/rtwx/ewall/MEAVN_0z/avnloop.html Without getting into too much detail, the upper-left panel shows some atmospheric variables at the 500 mb level (about midway up through the troposphere). The big bulls-eye is a major low-pressure system. The upper-right panel shows the surface pressure fields. One can see the storm move rapidly off to the east and weaken in the loop, followed by much quieter and drier weather.
I'm glad you appreciated it :-) Am taking a very incredible Meteo course through Penn State online and the instructor set up the links. I've been finding it quite interesting predicting potential military activity based on what I know the weather to be like the next day.