SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 23 SEPTEMBER 2026 AT 0600UTC
PART 1
AT 230600UTC
STORM WARNING
17120
FROM 231800UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS N/E N GUSTS 25 TO 28 MS
17130
FROM 240000UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS N/W W GUSTS 25 TO 28 MS
17140
FROM 240000UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS N N/W GUSTS 20 TO 25 MS
SEAS 2.2 TO 4.1 M
GALE WARNING
01010
FROM 231500UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS S/E S 17 TO 18 MS
01020
FROM 230600UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS S S/W 17 TO 18 MS
01100, 01110, 01120
FROM 230600UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS S S/W 17 TO 18 MS
FROM 231200UTC TO 231800UTC
SEAS 2.0 TO 4.0 M
01250
FROM 230600UTC TO 231800UTC
WINDS S/W 17 TO 20 MS
17021, 17022
FROM 232100UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS S/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17030
FROM 232100UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS W S/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17040
FROM 230600UTC TO 231800UTC
WINDS N/E N GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17061, 17063
FROM 231800UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS S/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17062, 17064
FROM 230600UTC TO 231800UTC
WINDS N N/W GUSTS 18 MS
17090
FROM 230600UTC TO 241800UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 18 MS
17110
FROM 230600UTC TO 240000UTC
WINDS N/E N GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17120
FROM 230600UTC TO 231800UTC
WINDS N/E N GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17130
FROM 231500UTC TO 240000UTC
WINDS N/W W GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
17151
FROM 240000UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS N/E GUSTS 17 TO 19 MS
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M
17152
FROM 231800UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS S/E GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
17153
FROM 231500UTC TO 240300UTC
WINDS S S/W GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
17154
FROM 231500UTC TO 240300UTC
WINDS S S/W GUSTS 17 TO 19 MS
17243
FROM 231800UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS E N/E GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.2 M
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 230600UTC
LOW 988 HPA 74N 005W MOVING N/E 15 KMH DEEPENING
HIGH 1031 HPA 66N 045E MOVING E 25 KMH INCREASE
LOW 1007 HPA 83N 050E MOVING E 10 KMH
LOW 994 HPA 73N 109E MOVING S/E 30 KMH DEEPENING
ICE AT 221200UTC
A3-YERMAK PLATEAU-BANKS N SPITSBERGEN-LITKE TROUGH
ICE NW TO 7959N 00756E, 8000N 00807E, 8017N 01100E,
8021N 01142E, 8031N 01227E, 8041N 01316E, 8059N 01543E.
LITKE TROUGH
ICE W TO 8059N 01543E, 8104N 01409E, 8118N 01353E.
LITKE TROUGH-NANSEN BASIN
ICE N TO 8118N 01353E, 8122N 01547E, 8131N 01617E,
8138N 01859E, 8141N 02009E, 8142N 02427E, 8156N 02508E,
8144N 02627E, 8149N 02945E, 8151N 03000E.
01020-17010-17290
ICE N TO 8151N 03000E, 8215N 03253E, 8218N 03834E,
8225N 04000E, 8230N 04058E, 8300N 04903E, 8254N 05223E,
8304N 05450E.
17290
ICE W TO 8304N 05450E, 8330N 05534E.
17290-17040-17230
ICE NE TO 8330N 05534E, 8341N 06028E, 8355N 06633E,
8347N 06950E, 8344N 07817E, 8317N 08242E, 8321N 08442E,
8308N 08638E, 8241N 08846E, 8241N 09348E, 8230N 09533E,
8228N 09554E, 8203N 09918E, 8159N 10405E, 8037N 11119E,
8003N 11207E, 7952N 11314E, 7937N 11404E, 7911N 11630E,
7910N 11743E, 7930N 11819E, 7919N 12051E.
17230-17120
ICE E TO 7919N 12051E, 7900N 12103E, 7744N 12144E.
17120
ICE N TO 7744N 12144E, 7731N 12500E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 230600UTC TO 240600UTC
01010
WINDS S/E S 8 TO 13 MS
AFTER 231500UTC S/E S 17 TO 18 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN HAZE 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY RAIN HAZE
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01020
WINDS S S/W 17 TO 18 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN HAZE 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY RAIN HAZE
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01100, 01110, 01120
WINDS S S/W 17 TO 18 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN HAZE 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY RAIN HAZE
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
FROM 231200UTC TO 231800UTC 2.0 TO 4.0 M
01130
WINDS W S/W 6 TO 11 MS
AFTER 231200UTC S/W S 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.0 M AFTER 231200UTC 1.0 TO 1.9 M
01140
WINDS N/W W 8 TO 13 MS
AFTER 231200UTC W S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.9 TO 1.7 M AFTER 231200UTC 0.8 TO 1.6 M
01240
WINDS S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
01250
WINDS S/W 17 TO 20 MS
AFTER 231800UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
17021
WINDS W S/W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 231800UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 232100UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.9 M
17022
WINDS N/W W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 231800UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 232100UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.4 M AFTER 232100UTC 1.9 TO 2.9 M
17023
WINDS N/W W 8 TO 13 MS
AFTER 231500UTC S/W 8 TO 13 MS
AFTER 240000UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.4 M
17024
WINDS N/W W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 230600UTC W S/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 1.3 TO 2.1 M AFTER 230600UTC 1.0 TO 1.6 M
17030
WINDS W S/W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 232100UTC W S/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.3 TO 2.3 M AFTER 232100UTC 1.4 TO 2.9 M
17040
WINDS N/E N 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
AFTER 231800UTC S/W S 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 240000UTC S S/E 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP 0 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.4 TO 2.3 M
17050
WINDS N N/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 231800UTC S/W S 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 240000UTC S S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.4 TO 2.3 M
17061, 17063
WINDS N/W W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 231200UTC S/W 8 TO 13 MS
AFTER 231800UTC S/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.4 M
17062
WINDS N N/W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 18 MS
AFTER 231800UTC W S/W 8 TO 13 MS
AFTER 240000UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.6 TO 2.6 M
17064
WINDS N N/W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 18 MS
AFTER 231800UTC W S/W 8 TO 13 MS
AFTER 240000UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.7 TO 2.7 M
17071
WINDS N/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 231800UTC W S/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
17072
WINDS N N/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 231800UTC W S/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 1.3 TO 2.2 M
17073
WINDS W N/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 231800UTC W S/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.9 M
17090
WINDS W N/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 18 MS
AFTER 231800UTC W S/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.9 TO 1.9 M
17100
WINDS N/W N 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 231800UTC N/W W 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 240000UTC S/W S 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.4 TO 2.3 M
17110
WINDS N/E N 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
AFTER 240000UTC N/E N 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.9 M
17120
WINDS N/E N 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
AFTER 231800UTC N/E N 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 25 TO 28 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.8 TO 2.8 M
17130
WINDS S/W W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 231500UTC N/W W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
AFTER 240000UTC N/W W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 25 TO 28 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.1 M AFTER 231500UTC 2.5 TO 3.0 M
17140
WINDS S S/E 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 231800UTC N N/E 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 240000UTC N N/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 20 TO 25 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY 0.6 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.3 TO 2.5 M AFTER 231800UTC 1.6 TO 3.0 M
AFTER 240000UTC 2.2 TO 4.1 M
17151
WINDS S/E 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 240000UTC N/E 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 19 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY 0.6 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.9 TO 3.5 M AFTER 240000UTC 2.3 TO 4.3 M
17152
WINDS S S/E 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 231800UTC S/E 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.7 TO 3.2 M AFTER 231800UTC 2.0 TO 3.8 M
17153
WINDS S S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 231500UTC S S/W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
AFTER 240300UTC S/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.9 M AFTER 231500UTC 1.7 TO 3.1 M
AFTER 240300UTC 1.3 TO 2.3 M
17154
WINDS S S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 231500UTC S S/W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 19 MS
AFTER 240300UTC S S/W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.9 TO 3.5 M AFTER 231500UTC 2.1 TO 3.9 M
AFTER 240300UTC 1.7 TO 3.2 M
17230
WINDS N/E N 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 240000UTC N/W W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 3 TO MINUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
17241
WINDS
OF NORTH 80N N N/W 6 TO 11 MS
OF SOUTH 80N N/E N 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP MINUS 5 TO MINUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 10 KM
AFTER 240000UTC OF NORTH 81N LOCALLY WEAK SNOW
17243
WINDS E S/E 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 231800UTC E N/E 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP MINUS 4 TO PLUS 1 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.6 M AFTER 231800UTC 2.3 TO 4.2 M
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