SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 16 AUGUST 2026 AT 1800UTC
PART 1
AT 161800UTC
WARNING NIL
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 161800UTC
LOW 1004 HPA 83N 016E MOVING S/E 20 KMH FILLING
LOW 1007 HPA 79N 030E MOVING E 10 KMH FILLING
LOW 998 HPA 62N 025E MOVING N/E 30 KMH DEEPENING
LOW 1002 HPA 61N 059E MOVING N/W 30 KMH DEEPENING
HIGH 1024 HPA 76N 096E MOVING E 40 KMH
ICE AT 161200UTC
A3-YERMAK PLATEAU-BANKS N SPITSBERGEN-BANKS N NORDAUSTLANDET
ICE N TO 7953N 00814E, 8000N 00954E, 8004N 01100E,
8005N 01115E, 8011N 01346E, 8031N 01456E, 8032N 01544E,
8033N 01628E, 8042N 01822E, 8101N 01925E, 8107N 02102E,
8120N 02300E, 8101N 02348E, 8054N 02427E, 8055N 02628E,
8117N 03000E.
01020-17010-17290
ICE NW TO 8117N 03000E, 8133N 03138E, 8143N 03416E,
8209N 03538E, 8224N 03814E, 8227N 04000E, 8228N 04026E,
8230N 04048E, 8237N 04220E, 8245N 04407E, 8303N 04748E,
8320N 04852E, 8337N 04714E, 8353N 04939E, 8407N 05127E,
8430N 06055E, 8434N 06711E.
17290-17040-17230
ICE NE TO 8434N 06711E, 8431N 07039E, 8428N 07423E,
8415N 07741E, 8404N 08100E, 8348N 08255E, 8335N 08601E,
8320N 08950E, 8304N 09115E, 8240N 09324E, 8230N 09526E,
8228N 09554E, 8219N 09724E, 8158N 09846E, 8136N 10055E,
8126N 10034E, 8108N 10322E, 8041N 10359E, 8019N 10429E,
8009N 10702E, 7941N 10715E.
17230-17040
ICE SW TO 7941N 10715E, 7941N 10456E, 7946N 10431E,
7947N 10320E, 7954N 10112E, 8006N 09948E, 8022N 09833E,
8043N 09855E, 8105N 09819E, 8122N 09653E, 8123N 09554E,
8123N 09537E, 8117N 09248E, 8117N 08915E.
17040-17050-17100
ICE SE TO 8117N 08915E, 8104N 08849E, 8050N 08933E,
8015N 08910E, 8003N 08940E, 7956N 08941E, 7949N 09043E,
7938N 09042E, 7933N 09019E, 7916N 09043E, 7900N 09159E,
7853N 09401E, 7837N 09404E, 7830N 09304E, 7809N 09234E,
7748N 09206E, 7737N 09057E, 7728N 08946E, 7717N 08901E,
7711N 08901E, 7653N 08943E, 7644N 09053E, 7638N 09110E,
7628N 09139E, 7627N 09232E, 7611N 09222E, 7606N 09123E,
7557N 09050E, 7553N 09020E, 7548N 09002E, 7547N 08858E,
7538N 08755E, 7520N 08704E, 7510N 08714E.
17063-17021
ICE E TO 7245N 05830E, 7236N 05732E, 7224N 05704E,
7203N 05634E, 7200N 05637E, 7149N 05646E,
7144N 05647E.
17021
ICE N TO 7144N 05647E, 7138N 05736E, 7141N 05820E.
17021-17063
ICE W TO 7141N 05820E, 7151N 05823E, 7200N 05833E,
7208N 05843E, 7230N 05842E, 7245N 05830E.
17120
ICE W TO 7511N 11325E, 7507N 11407E, 7518N 11528E,
7547N 11520E, 7619N 11529E, 7639N 11445E, 7650N 11515E.
17120
ICE NE TO 7650N 11515E, 7631N 11634E, 7600N 11720E,
7533N 11944E, 7531N 12110E.
17120
ICE NW TO 7531N 12110E, 7558N 12205E, 7624N 12458E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 161800UTC TO 171800UTC
01010, 01020, 01120
WINDS S/E S 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN HAZE 1 TO 2 KM
SOMETIMES RAIN LOCALLY HAZE
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01100, 01110
WINDS E N/E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN RAIN IN HAZE 1 TO 2 KM
SOMETIMES RAIN LOCALLY HAZE
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01130
WINDS N/E E 5 TO 10 MS AFTER 170600UTC N/E E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 10 TO PLUS 15 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.4 TO 0.9 M AFTER 170600UTC 0.8 TO 1.3 M
01140
WINDS N/E E 7 TO 12 MS AFTER 170600UTC E S/E 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 10 TO PLUS 15 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.3 M AFTER 170600UTC 0.8 TO 1.4 M
01240, 01250
WINDS E N/E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN HAZE 1 TO 2 KM
SOMETIMES RAIN LOCALLY HAZE
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
17021
WINDS E S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.7 TO 1.2 M
17022
WINDS E S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 8 TO PLUS 13 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.7 TO 1.2 M
17023
WINDS E S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 8 TO PLUS 13 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.7 TO 1.2 M
17024
WINDS E S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 10 TO PLUS 15 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.7 TO 1.2 M
17030
WINDS S S/E 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 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/W S 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.8 TO 2.8 M
17050
WINDS S S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.8 M
17061
WINDS S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 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 IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.2 M
17063
WINDS E S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.2 M
17064
WINDS S/E S 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.0 M
17071
WINDS S/E S 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP PLUS 8 TO PLUS 13 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.3 TO 0.8 M
17072
WINDS E S/E 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.3 TO 0.8 M
17073
WINDS S/E S 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP PLUS 10 TO PLUS 15 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
SEAS 0.3 TO 0.8 M
17090
WINDS S/E S 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 10 TO PLUS 15 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.3 TO 0.8 M
17100
WINDS S 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
17110
WINDS S/W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
17120
WINDS N N/W 9 TO 14 MS AFTER 170600UTC W S/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M AFTER 170600UTC 0.6 TO 1.2 M
17130
WINDS N N/E 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.4 TO 0.9 KM
LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.4 TO 0.8 M
17140
WINDS N 8 TO 13 MS AFTER 170000UTC N N/E 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 171200UTC N 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 8 TO 10 KM
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.8 M AFTER 170000UTC 1.7 TO 3.1 M
AFTER 171200UTC 1.3 TO 2.5 M
17151
WINDS S/W 7 TO 12 MS AFTER 170000UTC N N/E 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.9 M AFTER 170000UTC 1.8 TO 3.4 M
17152
WINDS S/W 7 TO 12 MS AFTER 170300UTC N N/E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.2 TO 2.2 M AFTER 170300UTC 1.7 TO 3.1 M
17153
WINDS S S/W 5 TO 10 MS AFTER 170300UTC N N/E 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 171200UTC N 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M AFTER 170300UTC 1.4 TO 2.6 M
AFTER 171200UTC 1.6 TO 3.0 M
17154
WINDS S 5 TO 10 MS AFTER 170300UTC N/E 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 171500UTC N N/E 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 8 TO 10 KM
SEAS 1.3 TO 2.3 M AFTER 170300UTC 1.5 TO 2.9 M
AFTER 171500UTC 1.8 TO 3.4 M
17230
WINDS W S/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 PRECIPITATION
17241
WINDS N/W W 8 TO 13 MS
AFTER 171200UTC S/W W 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 1 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 10 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
17243
WINDS N/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.7 TO 3.2 M
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