METAREA 20 bulletinset


HIGH SEAS FORECAST
FQRS01 RUSP 201639

SECURITY

WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX

ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE

ST PETERSBURG ON THE 20 AUGUST 2026 AT 1800UTC

PART 1

AT 201800UTC

GALE WARNING

17243

FROM 201800UTC TO 211200UTC

WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS

SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M

PART 2

SYNOPSIS AT 201800UTC

LOW 1012 HPA 81N 030E MOVING N 10 KMH DEEPENING

LOW 995 HPA 65N 036E MOVING N/E 30 KMH

LOW 1012 HPA 77N 141E MOVING N/E 30 KMH DEEPENING

HIGH 1022 HPA 71N 110E MOVING E 20 KMH

LOW 989 HPA 76N 162E MOVING E 20 KMH DEEPENING

ICE AT 201200UTC

YERMAK PLATEAU-BANKS N SPITSBERGEN-LITKE TROUGH-BANKS N NORDAUSTLANDET

ICE N TO 8017N 00722E, 8025N 01056E, 8025N 01114E,

8026N 01143E, 8004N 01312E, 8027N 01545E, 8028N 01548E,

8047N 01702E, 8053N 01906E, 8105N 02014E, 8049N 02203E,

8118N 02429E, 8105N 02659E, 8125N 03000E.

01020-17010-17290

ICE N TO 8125N 03000E, 8137N 03205E, 8200N 03501E,

8208N 04000E, 8210N 04146E, 8230N 04430E, 8251N 04753E,

8257N 05359E.

17290

ICE W TO 8257N 05359E, 8319N 05034E, 8404N 05431E,

8438N 06216E.

17290-17230

ICE NE TO 8438N 06216E, 8436N 07015E, 8419N 07447E,

8416N 07938E, 8328N 08629E, 8258N 09318E, 8239N 09457E,

8230N 09630E, 8104N 10647E, 8042N 10648E, 8018N 10827E,

8010N 11059E.

17230-17120

ICE E TO 8010N 11059E, 7935N 11156E, 7900N 11116E,

7857N 11112E.

17120-17230-17040

ICE SW TO 7857N 11112E, 7900N 11041E, 7926N 10552E,

7942N 10224E, 8003N 10331E, 8052N 09936E, 8117N 09554E,

8119N 09535E.

17040

ICE E TO 8119N 09535E, 8117N 09321E, 8058N 09050E,

8017N 09110E, 8003N 09131E.

17040

ICE NE TO 7944N 09312E, 7933N 09245E, 7926N 09301E,

7841N 09407E, 7843N 09443E, 7902N 09504E.

17230

ICE N TO 7923N 09942E, 7921N 10134E.

17110

ICE E TO 7822N 10453E, 7758N 10505E.

17110-17040

ICE S TO 7758N 10505E, 7751N 10236E, 7747N 09938E,

7750N 09837E, 7755N 09545E, 7811N 09419E, 7817N 09342E.

17040-17050-17100

ICE E TO 7817N 09342E, 7805N 09302E, 7803N 09255E,

7753N 09358E, 7728N 09349E, 7724N 09553E, 7723N 09624E,

7721N 09531E, 7719N 09506E, 7710N 09427E, 7703N 09357E,

7647N 09406E, 7637N 09231E, 7629N 09231E, 7624N 09407E,

7607N 09138E, 7538N 09104E.

17120

ICE W TO 7525N 11343E, 7522N 11413E, 7527N 11450E,

7613N 11445E, 7623N 11541E, 7638N 11552E.

17120

ICE N TO 7638N 11552E, 7634N 11751E, 7607N 11929E,

7544N 11920E, 7538N 12110E, 7621N 12355E, 7627N 12500E.

PART 3

FORECAST FROM 201800UTC TO 211800UTC

01010, 01020

WINDS E N/E 6 TO 11 MS

TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES

VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN FOG 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG

SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M

01100, 01110, 01120

WINDS E N/E 8 TO 13 MS

TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES

VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN FOG 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG

SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M

01130

WINDS S/E S 9 TO 14 MS AFTER 210900UTC S S/W 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 11 TO PLUS 16 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG

SEAS 0.6 TO 1.1 M

01140

WINDS E S/E 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 210000UTC S/E S 10 TO 15 MS

AFTER 211200UTC S/E S 6 TO 11 MS

TEMP PLUS 12 TO PLUS 17 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG

SEAS 0.8 TO 1.3 M AFTER 211200UTC 0.4 TO 0.8 M

01240, 01250

WINDS N/E N 7 TO 12 MS

TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES

VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN HAZE 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY RAIN HAZE

SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M

17021

WINDS E S/E 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG

SEAS 0.8 TO 1.5 M

17022

WINDS E S/E 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 8 TO PLUS 13 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG

SEAS 0.8 TO 1.5 M

17023

WINDS S/E 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG

SEAS 0.8 TO 1.4 M

17024

WINDS S/E S 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG

SEAS 0.8 TO 1.4 M

17030

WINDS S 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG

SEAS 1.2 TO 2.2 M

17040

WINDS S S/E 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES

VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM

LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION FOG

SEAS 1.2 TO 2.2 M

17050

WINDS S S/W 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM

LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION FOG

SEAS 1.2 TO 2.2 M

17061

WINDS S/E E 7 TO 12 MS

TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG

SEAS 0.6 TO 1.2 M

17062

WINDS S/E S 7 TO 12 MS

TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG

SEAS 0.6 TO 1.2 M

17063

WINDS S/E E 7 TO 12 MS

TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG

SEAS 0.6 TO 1.2 M

17064

WINDS S/E S 7 TO 12 MS

TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG

SEAS 0.5 TO 1.0 M

17071

WINDS S/E S 3 TO 8 MS AFTER 210600UTC S/E S 7 TO 12 MS

TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG

SEAS 0.2 TO 0.8 M

17072

WINDS S/E S 3 TO 8 MS AFTER 210600UTC S/E S 7 TO 12 MS

TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG

SEAS 0.2 TO 0.8 M AFTER 210600UTC 0.6 TO 1.2 M

17073

WINDS S/E S 3 TO 8 MS AFTER 210600UTC S/E S 7 TO 12 MS

TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG

SEAS 0.2 TO 0.6 M AFTER 210600UTC 0.6 TO 1.2 M

17090

WINDS S/E S 4 TO 9 MS

TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG

SEAS 0.3 TO 0.8 M

17100

WINDS S S/W 7 TO 12 MS

TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG

17110

WINDS W N/W 11 TO 16 MS

TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES

VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG

17120

WINDS W N/W 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM

LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION FOG

SEAS 0.8 TO 1.4 M

17130

WINDS W S/W 4 TO 9 MS

TEMP PLUS 10 TO PLUS 15 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.4 TO 0.9 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG

SEAS 0.2 TO 0.6 M

17140

WINDS W 8 TO 13 MS

TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION

SEAS 1.5 TO 2.7 M

17151

WINDS N/W 11 TO 16 MS AFTER 210300UTC W N/W 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES

VIS 8 TO 10 KM

SEAS 2.0 TO 3.8 M AFTER 210300UTC 1.9 TO 3.5 M

17152

WINDS W N/W 11 TO 16 MS

TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION

SEAS 2.0 TO 3.6 M

17153

WINDS N/W 8 TO 13 MS AFTER 210000UTC W 5 TO 10 MS

AFTER 211200UTC W 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES

VIS 8 TO 10 KM

SEAS 1.3 TO 2.4 M AFTER 210000UTC 1.0 TO 1.8 M

AFTER 211200UTC 1.3 TO 2.5 M

17154

WINDS N/W 9 TO 14 MS AFTER 210300UTC W N/W 6 TO 11 MS

AFTER 211500UTC W N/W 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION

SEAS 1.8 TO 3.3 M AFTER 210300UTC 1.5 TO 2.7 M

AFTER 211500UTC 1.8 TO 3.3 M

17230

WINDS N/W W 11 TO 16 MS

TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM

LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION

17241

WINDS N/W W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS TO 15 MS

TEMP 0 TO MINUS 3 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 10 KM IN FOG LESS 1 KM LOCALLY SNOW HAZE FOG

17243

WINDS W N/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS

AFTER 211200UTC N/W 11 TO 16 MS

TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION

LOCALLY 0.6 TO 0.8 KM FOG

SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M AFTER 211200UTC 2.0 TO 3.7 M

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