METAREA 20 bulletinset


HIGH SEAS FORECAST
FQRS01 RUSP 170408

SECURITY

WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX

ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE

ST PETERSBURG ON THE 17 SEPTEMBER 2026 AT 0600UTC

PART 1

AT 170600UTC

GALE WARNING

01130

FROM 170600UTC TO 180300UTC

WINDS S/E S GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS

FROM 180300UTC TO 180600UTC

WINDS S S/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS

01140

FROM 172100UTC TO 180600UTC

WINDS S/E S GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS

01240, 01250

FROM 170600UTC TO 171800UTC

WINDS S S/E 17 TO 18 MS

17040

FROM 170600UTC TO 171200UTC

WINDS S/E S GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS

FROM 171200UTC TO 171800UTC

WINDS S S/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS

17120, 17230

FROM 171500UTC TO 180600UTC

WINDS S S/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS

17243

FROM 170600UTC TO 171200UTC

WINDS N/W GUSTS 17 TO 18 M

SEAS 2.2 TO 4.0 M

FROM 180000UTC TO 180600UTC

WINDS W S/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 M

SEAS 2.4 TO 4.5 M

PART 2

SYNOPSIS AT 170600UTC

LOW 991 HPA 76N 012E MOVING E 10 KMH

LOW 989 HPA 66N 021E MOVING N/E 15 KMH DEEPENING

HIGH 1012 HPA 65N 053E MOVING N/E 15 KMH WEAKENS

HIGH 1026 HPA 67N 101E MOVING N/E 20 KMH INCREASE

HIGH 1026 HPA 77N 112E MOVING S/E 25 KMH INCREASE

LOW 982 HPA 83N 120W MOVING E 10 KMH FILLING

ICE AT 161200UTC

YERMAK PLATEAU-LITKE TROUGH-NANSEN BASIN-BANKS N NORDAUSTLANDET

ICE N TO 8014N 00728E, 8030N 01021E, 8032N 01042E,

8033N 01251E, 8049N 01523E, 8115N 01657E, 8119N 01922E,

8120N 02022E, 8140N 02118E, 8126N 02531E, 8124N 02614E,

8129N 02629E, 8154N 02750E, 8152N 03000E.

01020

ICE N TO 8152N 03000E, 8143N 03711E.

01020

ICE W TO 8143N 03711E, 8223N 03804E.

01020-17010-17290

ICE NW TO 8223N 03804E, 8224N 04000E, 8225N 04139E,

8230N 04237E, 8250N 04702E, 8248N 04839E, 8300N 05410E,

8321N 05649E, 8337N 05613E.

17290-17230

ICE N TO 8337N 05613E, 8359N 06136E, 8358N 06419E,

8408N 06622E, 8354N 07204E, 8346N 08108E, 8352N 08411E,

8334N 08548E, 8247N 09436E, 8230N 09836E, 8205N 10328E,

8122N 10545E, 8102N 10831E, 8008N 10934E, 8006N 11046E,

7927N 11240E, 7937N 11510E, 7931N 11657E, 7935N 11810E.

17230-17120

ICE E TO 7935N 11810E, 7900N 11828E, 7756N 11856E.

17120

ICE N TO 7756N 11856E, 7753N 12112E, 7737N 12239E,

7746N 12414E, 7737N 12500E.

17230

ICE SW TO 8010N 09732E, 8015N 09712E.

17040

ICE NE TO 8000N 09342E, 7954N 09415E.

PART 3

FORECAST FROM 170600UTC TO 180600UTC

01010, 01020, 01100, 01110, 01120

WINDS S S/E 10 TO 15 MS

TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES

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

SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M

01130

WINDS 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS

AFTER 180300UTC S S/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 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 1.4 M

01140

WINDS S/E E 7 TO 12 MS AFTER 171500UTC S/E S 10 TO 15 MS

AFTER 172100UTC GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS

TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.4 TO 0.9 M AFTER 172100UTC 0.8 TO 1.8 M

01240, 01250

WINDS S S/E 17 TO 18 MS AFTER 171800UTC S S/E 10 TO 15 MS

TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES

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

SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M

17021

WINDS E S/E 4 TO 9 MS AFTER 171800UTC S/E S 7 TO 12 MS

TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.3 TO 0.9 M

17022

WINDS S/E S 4 TO 9 MS AFTER 171800UTC 8 TO 13 MS

TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.3 TO 0.9 M

17023

WINDS S/E S 4 TO 9 MS AFTER 180000UTC 7 TO 12 MS

TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.3 TO 0.9 M

17024

WINDS S/E S 4 TO 9 MS AFTER 180000UTC 7 TO 12 MS

TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.2 TO 0.7 M

17030

WINDS S/E S 8 TO 13 MS

TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.9 TO 1.9 M

17040

WINDS S/E S 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS

AFTER 171200UTC S S/W 10 TO 15 MS

FROM 171200UTC TO 171800UTC GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS

TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES

VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM

LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG

SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M

17050

WINDS S S/W 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES

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

SEAS 1.2 TO 2.1 M

17061

WINDS S/E S 5 TO 10 MS

TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.4 TO 1.0 M

17062

WINDS S 8 TO 13 MS

TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.8 TO 1.5 M

17063

WINDS S/E S 5 TO 10 MS AFTER 180000UTC 8 TO 13 MS

TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.4 TO 1.0 M

17064

WINDS S 8 TO 13 MS AFTER 180000UTC 11 TO 16 MS

TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.6 TO 1.5 M

17071

WINDS S/E S 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.8 TO 1.4 M

17072

WINDS S/E S 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.8 TO 1.6 M

17073

WINDS S/E S 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.6 TO 1.4 M

17090

WINDS S/E S 8 TO 13 MS AFTER 180000UTC 11 TO 16 MS

TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.7 TO 1.4 M

17100

WINDS S S/W 9 TO 14 MS

TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES

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

SEAS 0.4 TO 1.0 M

17110

WINDS S/E S 9 TO 14 MS AFTER 171200UTC S S/W 11 TO 16 MS

TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM

LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG

SEAS 0.5 TO 1.5 M

17120

WINDS S/E S 9 TO 14 MS

AFTER 171500UTC S S/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS

TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES

VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM

LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG

SEAS 0.6 TO 1.6 M

17130

WINDS E S/E 4 TO 9 MS AFTER 171800UTC S S/W 7 TO 12 MS

TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES

VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM

LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG

SEAS 0.4 TO 1.2 M

17140

WINDS N N/E 8 TO 13 MS AFTER 171500UTC S/W 6 TO 11 MS

AFTER 180000UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS

TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION

SEAS 1.5 TO 2.8 M AFTER 171500UTC 1.0 TO 2.0 M

AFTER 180000UTC 1.5 TO 2.8 M

17151

WINDS N N/E 11 TO 16 MS AFTER 171500UTC N/W 5 TO 10 MS

AFTER 180000UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS

TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES

VIS 8 TO 10 KM

SEAS 2.0 TO 3.8 M AFTER 171500UTC 1.3 TO 2.5 M

AFTER 180000UTC 2.0 TO 3.7 M

17152

WINDS N N/E 11 TO 16 MS AFTER 171800UTC N/W 6 TO 11 MS

AFTER 180300UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS

TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES

VIS 8 TO 10 KM

SEAS 2.0 TO 3.6 M AFTER 171500UTC 1.5 TO 2.7 M

AFTER 180300UTC 1.5 TO 2.9 M

17153

WINDS N N/E 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 171800UTC N/E 6 TO 11 MS

TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES

VIS 8 TO 10 KM

SEAS 1.6 TO 3.0 M AFTER 171800UTC 1.3 TO 2.4 M

17154

WINDS N N/E 9 TO 14 MS AFTER 171800UTC N/E 6 TO 11 MS

TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES

VIS 8 TO 10 KM

SEAS 1.8 TO 3.4 M AFTER 171800UTC 1.5 TO 2.7 M

17230

WINDS S S/W 11 TO 16 MS AFTER 171500UTC GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS

TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES

VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM

LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG

17241

WINDS N/W W 7 TO 12 MS AFTER 180000UTC W S/W 9 TO 14 MS

LOCALLY GUSTS 15 TO 16 MS

TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 4 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 8 KM LOCALLY WEAK SNOW

AFTER 180000UTC LOCALLY SNOWSTORM

17243

WINDS N/W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS

AFTER 171200UTC W N/W 11 TO 16 MS

AFTER 180000UTC W S/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS

TEMP MINUS 3 TO PLUS 2 DEGREES

VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION

SEAS 2.2 TO 4.0 M AFTER 171200UTC 2.0 TO 3.7 M

AFTER 180000UTC 2.4 TO 4.5 M

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