SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 24 AUGUST 2026 AT 0600UTC
PART 1
AT 240600UTC
GALE WARNING
17151
FROM 240600UTC TO 241200UTC
WINDS N/W GUSTS 17 MS
17152
FROM 240600UTC TO 241200UTC
WINDS N GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
17153
FROM 240600UTC TO 241200UTC
WINDS N/W GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
17154
FROM 240600UTC TO 241200UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 19 MS
17241
FROM 241500UTC TO 250600UTC
WINDS N/W W GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
17243
FROM 241800UTC TO 250600UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 240600UTC
LOW 1007 HPA 74N 016E MOVING N/E 20 KMH DEEPENING
LOW 996 HPA 61N 035E MOVING E 10 KMH FILLING
LOW 1009 HPA 81N 043E MOVING E 10 KMH
LOW 986 HPA 74N 167E MOVING E 30 KMH DEEPENING
LOW 993 HPA 81N 178W MOVING N 20 KMH
ICE AT 231200UTC
A3-A4-YERMAK PLATEAU-LITKE TROUGH-BANKS N SPITSBERGEN-BANKS N
NORDAUSTLANDET
ICE NW TO 7934N 00847E, 7957N 01000E, 8000N 01011E, 8001N 01015E,
8022N 01026E, 8024N 01100E, 8024N 01102E, 8032N 01307E,
8011N 01332E, 8008N 01432E, 8026N 01551E, 8056N 01826E,
8055N 02018E, 8123N 03000E.
01020-17010-17290
ICE NW TO 8123N 03000E, 8126N 03204E, 8147N 03801E, 8157N 04000E,
8204N 04128E, 8230N 04358E, 8235N 04429E, 8256N 04959E,
8324N 05210E, 8346N 05210E, 8438N 06347E.
17290-17040-17230-17120
ICE NE TO 8438N 06347E, 8401N 08146E, 8320N 08618E, 8230N 09452E,
8222N 09554E, 8214N 09657E, 8057N 10703E, 8028N 10645E,
7938N 11154E, 7900N 11330E, 7815N 11509E.
17120
ICE SE TO 7815N 11509E, 7744N 11122E.
17120-17110-17230
ICE SW TO 7744N 11122E, 7803N 10900E, 7810N 10803E, 7900N 10507E,
7929N 10307E, 7953N 10054E, 8020N 10149E, 8100N 09756E,
8128N 09724E.
17230-17040
ICE SE TO 8128N 09724E, 8126N 09554E, 8118N 09152E, 8118N 09009E,
8109N 08902E.
17040
ICE E TO 8109N 08902E, 8049N 09052E, 8013N 09040E, 8002N 09019E,
7945N 09042E, 7931N 09008E.
17040
ICE NE TO 7931N 09008E, 7903N 09220E, 7837N 09545E, 7844N 09656E,
7816N 09949E.
17110
ICE NE TO 7820N 10417E, 7811N 10503E, 7759N 10541E.
17110-17040-17050-17100
ICE SE TO 7759N 10541E, 7751N 10230E, 7753N 10143E, 7742N 09934E,
7749N 09834E, 7756N 09735E, 7756N 09540E, 7747N 09504E,
7742N 09446E, 7706N 09402E, 7648N 09341E, 7623N 09310E,
7606N 09116E, 7537N 09044E.
17120
ICE NW TO 7459N 11250E, 7454N 11313E, 7453N 11505E, 7521N 11606E,
7552N 11612E, 7611N 11538E, 7632N 11817E, 7604N 11917E,
7545N 12147E, 7611N 12500E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 240600UTC TO 250600UTC
01010, 01110, 01120
WINDS S S/E 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
01020, 01100
WINDS N N/W 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
01130
WINDS E N/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.2 M
01140
WINDS E N/E 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.1 M
01240, 01250
WINDS N N/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
17021
WINDS N/E E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY RAIN THUNDERSTORM FOG
SEAS 0.3 TO 1.0 M
17022
WINDS S S/E 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 8 TO PLUS 13 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY RAIN THUNDERSTORM FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.3 M
17023
WINDS S/E E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 12 TO PLUS 17 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY RAIN THUNDERSTORM FOG
SEAS 0.3 TO 0.8 M
17024
WINDS S S/E 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 12 TO PLUS 17 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY RAIN THUNDERSTORM FOG
SEAS 0.4 TO 0.7 M
17030
WINDS S/E 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 RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.7 TO 1.6 M
17040
WINDS S S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.3
17050
WINDS S S/E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.9 M
17061
WINDS N/E N 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.3 M
17062
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 RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.3 M
17063
WINDS N/E N 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.3 M
17064
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 RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.2 M
17071
WINDS S 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 13 TO PLUS 18 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.7 TO 1.3 M
17072
WINDS S 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 12 TO PLUS 17 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.0 M
17073
WINDS S S/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 15 TO PLUS 20 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.1 M
17090
WINDS S/E S 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 14 TO PLUS 19 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.4 TO 0.9 M
17100
WINDS S/W S 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
17110
WINDS N/W W 6 TO 11 MS AFTER 241500UTC W S/W 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION FOG
17120
WINDS W N/W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 0.7 TO 1.5 M
17130
WINDS W N/W 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.4 TO 0.9 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.2 TO 0.6 M
17140
WINDS N/W 8 TO 13 MS AFTER 250300UTC S 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.7 M AFTER 250300UTC 1.3 TO 2.3 M
17151
WINDS N/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 MS
AFTER 241200UTC N/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.2 TO 4.0 M AFTER 241200UTC 1.8 TO 3.3 M
17152
WINDS N 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
AFTER 241200UTC W N/W 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.1 TO 3.9 M AFTER 241200UTC 1.8 TO 3.4 M
17153
WINDS N/W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
AFTER 241200UTC W N/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.6 TO 3.0 M AFTER 241200UTC 1.2 TO 2.2 M
17154
WINDS W N/W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 19 MS
AFTER 241200UTC N/W 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 250000UTC W N/W 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.2 TO 4.0 M AFTER 241200UTC 1.8 TO 3.4 M
AFTER 250000UTC 1.5 TO 2.7 M
17230
WINDS N/W W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION FOG
17241
WINDS N N/W 7 TO 12 MS LOCALLY GUSTS 15 MS
AFTER 241500UTC N/W W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 16 TO 18 MS
TEMP 0 TO MINUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 1 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
17243
WINDS N N/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 241800UTC W N/W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.7 M AFTER 241800UTC 2.3 TO 4.3 M
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