SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 17 OCTOBER 2026 AT 1800UTC
PART 1
AT 171800UTC
STORM WARNING
17140
FROM 171800UTC TO 181200UTC
WINDS S/W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 30 MS
17151
FROM 171800UTC TO 181500UTC
WINDS W S/W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 28 MS
SEAS 2.9 TO 5.3 M
17152
FROM 171800UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 28 MS
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.2 M
17153
FROM 171800UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS W S/W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 29 MS
17154
FROM 171800UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS W S/W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 30 MS
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.7 M
GALE WARNING
01010
FROM 180600UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS N N/W 17 TO 20 MS
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.5 M
01020
FROM 171800UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS N N/W 17 TO 20 MS
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.5 M
01100, 01110, 01120
FROM 171800UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS W N/W 17 TO 22 MS
SEAS 4.5 TO 5.5 M
01130, 01140
FROM 171800UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
01240, 01250
FROM 171800UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS W N/W 17 TO 22 MS
SEAS 4.0 TO 4.5 M
17021, 17022
FROM 171800UTC TO 180600UTC
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
FROM 180600UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17022
FROM 171800UTC TO 180600UTC
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
FROM 180600UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17023, 17024
FROM 180600UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17061
FROM 171800UTC TO 180600UTC
WINDS S/W S GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
FROM 180600UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17063
FROM 171800UTC TO 180600UTC
WINDS S/W S GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
FROM 180600UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17073
FROM 181200UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 18 MS
17100
FROM 171800UTC TO 180000UTC
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17110
FROM 171800UTC TO 180600UTC
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
17120
FROM 171800UTC TO 181200UTC
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
17130
FROM 171800UTC TO 180900UTC
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
17140
FROM 181200UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS S/W GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
17151
FROM 181500UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS S/W GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.7 M
17243
FROM 171800UTC TO 181800UTC
WINDS W S/W GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.7 M
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 171800UTC
HIGH 1038 HPA 56N 004W STATIONARY
LOW 976 HPA 77N 058E MOVING E 15 KMH
HIGH 1029 HPA 63N 099E MOVING E 10 KMH WEAKENS
LOW 977 HPA 81N 120E MOVING E N/E 15 KMH DEEPENING
ICE AT 171200UTC
YERMAK PLATEAU-BANKS N SPITSBERGEN-LITKE TROUGH-BANKS N
NORDAUSTLANDET-NANSEN BASIN
ICE N TO 8006N 00750E, 8021N 01008E, 8025N 01056E,
8038N 01352E, 8040N 01419E, 8045N 01530E,
8045N 01544E, 8048N 01552E, 8100N 01638E,
8120N 01921E, 8125N 02012E, 8133N 02605E,
8133N 02821E, 8132N 03000E.
01020-17010-17290-17040-17230
ICE N TO 8132N 03001E, 8132N 03023E, 8136N 03248E,
8158N 03623E, 8204N 03724E, 8150N 04000E,
8149N 04011E, 8153N 04418E, 8159N 04739E,
8202N 05019E, 8213N 05405E, 8218N 05552E,
8212N 06010E, 8217N 06849E, 8222N 07000E,
8230N 07213E, 8234N 07331E, 8230N 07501E,
8221N 07745E, 8218N 08036E, 8213N 08331E,
8227N 08843E, 8204N 09416E, 8157N 09554E,
8148N 09745E, 8134N 10016E.
17230-17120
ICE NE TO 8134N 10016E, 8119N 10122E, 8108N 10203E,
8053N 10330E, 8028N 10321E, 8004N 10630E,
7944N 10740E, 7919N 10903E, 7900N 11052E,
7857N 11106E, 7840N 11232E, 7808N 11602E,
7744N 11715E.
17120
ICE N TO 7744N 11715E, 7734N 11920E, 7727N 12243E,
7716N 12500E.
17040-17230
ICE SW TO 8116N 09551E, 8117N 09554E, 8122N 09605E,
8121N 09717E, 8111N 09816E, 8058N 09932E,
8046N 10010E, 8028N 09743E, 8027N 09710E.
17100
ICE E TO 7352N 08613E, 7407N 08609E, 7415N 08623E.
17100
ICE SE TO 7613N 09834E, 7618N 09836E, 7623N 09902E.
17100
ICE SE TO 7629N 10019E, 7633N 10031E, 7648N 10057E.
17110-17120
ICE S TO 7727N 10557E, 7730N 10632E, 7724N 10741E,
7709N 10826E, 7705N 10900E, 7702N 10923E,
7659N 11021E, 7651N 11107E, 7641N 11307E,
7627N 11446E, 7620N 11606E, 7614N 11647E.
17120-17140
ICE W TO 7614N 11647E, 7603N 11650E, 7537N 11629E,
7510N 11638E, 7502N 11559E, 7456N 11454E,
7452N 11333E, 7441N 11314E, 7427N 11334E,
7422N 11335E, 7418N 11337E, 7404N 11348E.
17140
ICE S TO 7404N 11348E, 7354N 11445E, 7349N 11530E,
7346N 11657E, 7343N 11843E, 7335N 12010E,
7327N 12106E, 7321N 12145E, 7324N 12243E.
17140
ICE SE TO 7324N 12243E, 7346N 12303E, 7403N 12439E,
7402N 12500E.
17120
ICE SE TO 7701N 12500E, 7654N 12302E, 7654N 12123E,
7629N 11929E, 7600N 11809E, 7538N 11727E.
17120
ICE N TO 7538N 11727E, 7519N 11905E, 7514N 12103E,
7511N 12206E.
17120
ICE NW TO 7511N 12206E, 7529N 12305E, 7610N 12440E,
7613N 12500E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 171800UTC TO 181800UTC
01010
WINDS N/E N 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 180600UTC N N/W 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN PRECIPITATION 1 TO 2 KM
SOMETIMES PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.5 M
01020
WINDS N N/W 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN PRECIPITATION 1 TO 2 KM
SOMETIMES PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.5 M
01100, 01110, 01120
WINDS W N/W 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN PRECIPITATION 1 TO 2 KM
SOMETIMES PRECIPITATION
SEAS 4.5 TO 5.5 M
01130
WINDS W N/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 1.4 TO 3.0 M
01140
WINDS W N/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 1.4 TO 3.0 M
01240, 01250
WINDS W N/W 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN PRECIPITATION 1 TO 2 KM
SOMETIMES PRECIPITATION
SEAS 4.0 TO 4.5 M
17021
WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
AFTER 180600UTC W N/W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M AFTER 180600UTC 2.0 TO 3.0 M
17022
WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
AFTER 180600UTC W N/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M AFTER 180600UTC 2.0 TO 3.0 M
17023
WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 180600UTC W N/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M AFTER 180600UTC 2.0 TO 3.0 M
17024
WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 180600UTC W N/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M AFTER 180600UTC 2.0 TO 3.0 M
17030
WINDS S/W S 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 180600UTC S/W W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 181200UTC E N/E 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.4 M AFTER 181200UTC 1.2 TO 2.2 M
17040
WINDS N/W W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 180600UTC N N/E 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP 0 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M AFTER 180600UTC 1.4 TO 2.3 M
17050
WINDS S/W S 9 TO 14 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 1.5 TO 2.4 M
17061
WINDS S/W S 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
AFTER 180600UTC W N/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M AFTER 180600UTC 1.7 TO 2.7 M
17062
WINDS S/W S 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
17063
WINDS S/W S 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
AFTER 180600UTC W N/W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M AFTER 180600UTC 2.0 TO 3.0 M
17064
WINDS S/W S 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
17071
WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.2 M
17072
WINDS S/W W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.2 M
17073
WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 181200UTC GUSTS 18 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN PRECIPITATION 0.5 TO 1.0 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.3 M TO 181200UTC 0.8 TO 1.5 M
17090
WINDS S/W S 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 180600UTC S/W S 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN PRECIPITATION 0.5 TO 1.0 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 0.9 TO 1.6 M AFTER 180600UTC 0.7 TO 1.3 M
17100
WINDS S/W W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
AFTER 180000UTC S/W S 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.0 M AFTER 180000UTC 0.5 TO 0.8 M
17110
WINDS S/W W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
AFTER 180600UTC S/W S 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 4 TO PLUS 1 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.8 TO 3.0 M AFTER 180600UTC 1.0 TO 1.8 M
17120
WINDS S/W W 11 TO 16 MS TO 181200UTC GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
TEMP MINUS 4 TO PLUS 1 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK SNOW
17130
WINDS S/W W 11 TO 16 MS TO 180900UTC GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK SNOW
17140
WINDS S/W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 30 MS
AFTER 181200UTC S/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.1 TO 3.9 M AFTER 181200UTC 2.0 TO 3.6 M
17151
WINDS W S/W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 28 MS
AFTER 181500UTC S/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.9 TO 5.3 M AFTER 181500UTC 2.5 TO 4.7 M
17152
WINDS W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 28 MS
TEMP 0 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.2 M
17153
WINDS W S/W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 29 MS
TEMP 0 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.8 M
17154
WINDS W S/W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 30 MS
TEMP 0 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.7 M
17230
WINDS S/W W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 180000UTC N/W W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 4 TO PLUS 1 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY SNOW FOG
17241
WINDS S/W W 5 TO 10 MS
AFTER 181200UTC W N/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM SOMETIMES SNOW
17243
WINDS W S/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.7 M
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