SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 15 SEPTEMBER 2026 AT 1800UTC
PART 1
AT 151800UTC
GALE WARNING
17110
FROM 151800UTC TO 160000UTC
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 MS
17152
FROM 160000UTC TO 161200UTC
WINDS W GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
17230
FROM 151800UTC TO 160000UTC
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17241
FROM 151800UTC TO 160000UTC
WINDS S/W GUSTS 17 TO 21 MS
FROM 160000UTC TO 160600UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 19 MS
17243
FROM 151800UTC TO 160600UTC
WINDS W S/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
SEAS 2.4 TO 4.5 M
FROM 160600UTC TO 161800UTC
WINDS N/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 M
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 151800UTC
LOW 997 HPA 73N 005E MOVING N/E 15 KMH DEEPENING
HIGH 1018 HPA 79N 041E MOVING E 10 KMH INCREASE
LOW 1009 HPA 69N 043E MOVING N 5 KMH FILLING
HIGH 1022 HPA 71N 110E MOVING S/W 15 KMH
LOW 977 HPA 85N 145W MOVING S/E 20 KMH DEEPENING
ICE AT 151200UTC
YERMAK PLATEAU-BANKS N SPITSBERGEN-LITKE TROUGH-BANKS N
NORDAUSTLANDET-NANSEN BASIN
ICE N TO 8013N 00730E, 8020N 01100E, 8024N 01432E,
8045N 01523E, 8052N 01543E, 8052N 01634E, 8053N 01733E,
8104N 01816E, 8120N 01921E, 8137N 02040E, 8127N 02529E,
8159N 02717E, 8151N 03000E.
01020
ICE N TO 8151N 03000E, 8148N 03056E, 8146N 03651E.
01020
ICE W TO 8146N 03651E, 8222N 03630E.
01020-17010-17290-17230
ICE N TO 8222N 03630E, 8226N 04000E, 8228N 04233E,
8230N 04300E, 8304N 05520E, 8355N 06123E, 8351N 08231E,
8302N 09034E, 8230N 09846E, 8205N 10330E, 8124N 10544E,
8102N 10819E, 8021N 10858E, 7925N 11128E, 7927N 11703E.
17230-17120
ICE E TO 7927N 11703E, 7900N 11713E, 7746N 11733E.
17120
ICE N TO 7746N 11733E, 7732N 12500E.
17230
ICE W TO 8009N 09703E, 8014N 09658E.
17040
ICE E TO 8000N 09344E, 7954N 09414E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 151800UTC TO 161800UTC
01010, 01020, 01100, 01110, 01120
WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M
01130
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 RAIN FOG SEAS 0.3 TO 0.7 M
01140
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 RAIN FOG SEAS 0.5 TO 1.1 M
01240
WINDS N/W N 10 TO 15 MS MS
AFTER 160900UTC S/W S 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN HAZE 1 TO 2 KM
LOCALLY RAIN HAZE SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
01250
WINDS S S/E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
17021
WINDS E N/E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY FOG SEAS 0.3 TO 1.0 M
17022, 17023
WINDS S/E E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY FOG SEAS 0.3 TO 0.9 M
17024
WINDS S/E S 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY FOG SEAS 0.2 TO 0.7 M
17030
WINDS N/E E 6 TO 11 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 0.6 TO 1.5 M
17040
WINDS N/W W 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 160300UTC N N/E 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG SEAS 1.4 TO 2.4 M
AFTER 160300UTC 0.5 TO 1.2 M
17050
WINDS N/E E 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG SEAS 0.5 TO 1.3 M
17061
WINDS E S/E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY FOG SEAS 0.3 TO 0.9 M
17062
WINDS E S/E 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY FOG SEAS 0.4 TO 1.0 M
17063
WINDS E S/E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY FOG SEAS 0.3 TO 0.9 M
17064
WINDS S S/E 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY FOG SEAS 0.3 TO 0.9 M
17071, 17072
WINDS S/E S 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY FOG SEAS 0.3 TO 1.0 M
17073
WINDS S/E E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY FOG SEAS 0.2 TO 0.7 M
17090
WINDS E S/E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY FOG SEAS 0.2 TO 0.8 M
17100
WINDS S/W W 5 TO 10 MS
AFTER 160300UTC S/E E 2 TO 7 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 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 160300UTC 0.1 TO 0.7 M
17110
WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 MS
AFTER 160000UTC S/W W 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 160600UTC S/E E 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG SEAS 1.3 TO 2.1 M
AFTER 160600UTC 0.3 TO 0.8 M
17120
WINDS S S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 160000UTC W N/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 160600UTC N/W N 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG SEAS 1.0 TO 1.7 M
AFTER 160000UTC 1.2 TO 2.1 M
AFTER 160600UTC 0.5 TO 1.2 M
17130
WINDS S S/W 6 TO 11 MS
AFTER 160600UTC N/W N 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG SEAS 0.5 TO 1.3 M
AFTER 160600UTC 0.2 TO 0.6 M
17140
WINDS W S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 161200UTC N N/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.7 TO 3.1 M AFTER 161200UTC 1.5 TO 2.7 M
17151
WINDS W S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 161200UTC N N/W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 8 TO 10 KM SEAS 2.0 TO 3.8 M
AFTER 161200UTC 1.9 TO 3.5 M
17152
WINDS W 8 TO 13 MS
AFTER 160000UTC W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
AFTER 161200UTC N/W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 8 TO 10 KM SEAS 1.3 TO 2.3 M
AFTER 160000UTC 1.7 TO 3.1 M
AFTER 161200UTC 1.8 TO 3.3 M
17153
WINDS E 5 TO 10 MS
AFTER 160600UTC W N/W 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 8 TO 10 KM SEAS 1.0 TO 1.9 M
17154
WINDS E 5 TO 10 MS
AFTER 160600UTC W N/W 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 8 TO 10 KM SEAS 1.3 TO 2.4 M
17230
WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
AFTER 160000UTC N/W N 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
17241
WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 21 MS
AFTER 160000UTC W N/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 16 TO 19 MS
AFTER 160600UTC N/W N 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 14 TO 16 MS
OF SOUTH 80N 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 1 DEGREES
AFTER 160300UTC MINUS 2 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY LESS 1 KM LOCALLY SNOW SNOWSTORM
17243
WINDS W S/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
AFTER 160600UTC N/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP MINUS 3 TO PLUS 2 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY 0.6 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG SEAS 2.4 TO 4.5 M
AFTER 160600UTC 2.3 TO 4.3 M
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