METAREA 20 bulletinset


HIGH SEAS FORECAST
FQRS01 RUSP 151541

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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