SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 12 SEPTEMBER 2026 AT 1800UTC
PART 1
AT 121800UTC
STORM WARNING
17120
FROM 121800UTC TO 131800UTC
WINDS N/W N GUSTS 27 TO 32 MS
17140
FROM 121800UTC TO 131200UTC
WINDS N/W GUSTS 29 TO 34 MS
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.6 M
FROM 131200UTC TO 131800UTC
WINDS N N/W GUSTS 25 TO 30 MS
SEAS 2.4 TO 4.4 M
17151
FROM 121800UTC TO 122100UTC
WINDS W S/W GUSTS 25 TO 28 MS
SEAS 2.8 TO 5.2 M
FROM 122100UTC TO 131800UTC
WINDS N N/W GUSTS 25 TO 30 MS
SEAS 3.0 TO 5.5 M
17153
FROM 121800UTC TO 130900UTC
WINDS S/W GUSTS 25 TO 28 MS
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.8 M
FROM 130900UTC TO 131800UTC
WINDS N/W GUSTS 20 TO 25 MS
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.7 M
17154
FROM 121800UTC TO 130900UTC
WINDS S/W GUSTS 25 TO 26 MS
SEAS 2.2 TO 4.1 M
17230
FROM 121800UTC TO 130600UTC
WINDS N/W N GUSTS 25 TO 30 MS
GALE WARNING
17040
FROM 121800UTC TO 130000UTC
WINDS N/W W GUSTS 18 MS
17110
FROM 121800UTC TO 130600UTC
WINDS N/W W GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
FROM 130600UTC TO 131800UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 MS
17130
FROM 121800UTC TO 131800UTC
WINDS N/W N GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
17152
FROM 121800UTC TO 130600UTC
WINDS S S/W GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M
FROM 130600UTC TO 131800UTC
WINDS N N/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M
17154
FROM 130900UTC TO 131800UTC
WINDS N/W GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
SEAS 2.4 TO 4.4 M
17230
FROM 130600UTC TO 131800UTC
WINDS N/W W GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
17241
FROM 130600UTC TO 131800UTC
OF WEST 134E
WINDS N/E N GUSTS 20 TO 24 MS
OF EAST 134E
WINDS N/E N GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17243
FROM 121800UTC TO 130000UTC
WINDS S S/E GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M
FROM 130600UTC TO 131800UTC
WINDS N N/E GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
SEAS 2.4 TO 4.5 M
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 121800UTC
LOW 984 HPA 72N 005W MOVING N/E 10 KMH FILLING
HIGH 1028 HPA 73N 078E MOVING S/E 15 KMH INCREASE
LOW 983 HPA 75N 123E MOVING E S/E 15 KMH FILLING
ICE AT 121200UTC
YERMAK PLATEAU-LITKE TROUGH-BANKS N SPITSBERGEN-NANSEN BASIN-BANKS
N NORDAUSTLANDET
ICE N TO 8011N 00743E, 8025N 01052E, 8033N 01256E,
8037N 01357E, 8039N 01407E, 8130N 01839E,
8129N 01910E, 8124N 02256E, 8154N 02445E,
8143N 02633E, 8142N 02811E, 8135N 02930E,
8132N 03000E.
01020-17010-17290-17230-17120
ICE NE TO 8132N 03000E, 8127N 03054E, 8134N 03136E,
8153N 03231E, 8230N 04000E, 8230N 04007E,
8232N 04031E, 8230N 04113E, 8224N 04337E,
8230N 04511E, 8240N 04815E, 8309N 05324E,
8350N 05450E, 8407N 06121E, 8400N 06408E,
8405N 06636E, 8353N 07336E, 8355N 07751E,
8310N 08932E, 8253N 09449E, 8238N 09545E,
8230N 09946E, 8225N 10150E, 8144N 10524E,
8126N 10737E, 8036N 10724E, 7945N 11114E,
7922N 11658E, 7906N 11638E, 7900N 11648E,
7800N 11825E, 7725N 12500E.
17120-17110
ICE SW TO 7559N 11335E, 7557N 11505E, 7616N 11631E,
7717N 11423E, 7733N 11123E, 7734N 10900E,
7733N 10554E.
17110-17230
ICE W TO 7814N 10316E, 7808N 10354E, 7816N 10533E,
7848N 10616E, 7900N 10525E, 7905N 10503E,
7921N 10439E, 7910N 10246E.
17230
ICE W TO 8002N 09914E, 8011N 09916E, 8036N 09704E.
17040-17230
ICE S TO 8108N 09619E, 8117N 09632E, 8121N 09554E,
8122N 09548E, 8116N 09451E, 8106N 09436E.
17040
ICE E TO 8017N 09135E, 8003N 09120E.
17040
ICE E TO 7940N 09240E, 7932N 09244E, 7925N 09139E,
7908N 09200E, 7902N 09248E, 7859N 09423E,
7905N 09446E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 121800UTC TO 131800UTC
01010, 01020
WINDS S S/E 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01100, 01110, 01120
WINDS S S/E 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.5 M
01130
WINDS S/E S 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 8 TO PLUS 13 DEGREES LOCALLY PLUS 18 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.4 TO 0.8 M
01140
WINDS S/E 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 8 TO PLUS 13 DEGREES LOCALLY PLUS 18 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.4 TO 0.8 M
01240, 01250
WINDS S S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 8 TO PLUS 13 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.5 M
17021
WINDS S/E S 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.3 TO 0.9 M
17022
WINDS S/E S 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.3 TO 0.9 M
17023
WINDS S/E S 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 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 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.2 TO 0.7 M
17030
WINDS S S/W 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M
17040
WINDS N/W W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 18 MS
AFTER 130000UTC W S/W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M AFTER 130000UTC 1.4 TO 2.4 M
17050
WINDS N/W W 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 130000UTC W S/W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.4 TO 2.4 M
17061
WINDS S/W 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.3 M
17062, 17063
WINDS S S/W 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.3 TO 1.0 M
17064
WINDS S S/W 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.2 TO 0.8 M
17071
WINDS S/E S 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.2 TO 0.8 M
17072
WINDS S/E S 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.2 TO 0.8 M
17073
WINDS S/E E 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.1 TO 0.6 M
17090
WINDS E S/E 2 TO 7 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.1 TO 0.6 M
17100
WINDS N/W W 9 TO 14 MS AFTER 130600UTC W S/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.1 TO 2.5 M AFTER 130600UTC 0.6 TO 1.2 M
17110
WINDS N/W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
AFTER 130600UTC W N/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 MS
TEMP MINUS 4 TO PLUS 1 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.7 TO 2.6 M AFTER 130600UTC 1.1 TO 2.0 M
17120
WINDS N/W N 17 TO 22 MS GUSTS 27 TO 32 MS
TEMP MINUS 4 TO PLUS 1 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 2.4 TO 3.8 M
17130
WINDS N/W W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.8 M
17140
WINDS N/W 19 TO 24 MS GUSTS 29 TO 34 MS
AFTER 131200UTC N N/W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 30 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.6 M AFTER 131200UTC 2.4 TO 4.4 M
17151
WINDS W S/W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 28 MS
AFTER 122100UTC N N/W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 30 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.8 TO 5.2 M AFTER 122100UTC 3.0 TO 5.5 M
17152
WINDS S S/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
AFTER 130600UTC N N/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M
17153
WINDS S/W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 28 MS
AFTER 130900UTC N/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 20 TO 25 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.8 M AFTER 130900UTC 2.0 TO 3.7 M
17154
WINDS S/W 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 26 MS
AFTER 130900UTC N/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.2 TO 4.1 M AFTER 130900UTC 2.4 TO 4.4 M
17230
WINDS N/W N 17 TO 20 MS GUSTS 25 TO 30 MS
AFTER 130600UTC N/W W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
TEMP 0 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
17241
WINDS S/E E 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 16 MS
AFTER 130000UTC E N/E 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 15 MS
AFTER 130600UTC OF WEST 134E N/E N 13 TO 18 MS
GUSTS 20 TO 24 MS
OF EAST 134E N/E N 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM AFTER 130600UTC LOCALLY LESS 1 KM
LOCALLY SNOW SNOWSTORM
17243
WINDS S S/E 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
AFTER 130000UTC E N/E 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 130600UTC N N/E 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP MINUS 3 TO PLUS 2 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M AFTER 130000UTC 2.3 TO 4.3 M
AFTER 130600UTC 2.4 TO 4.5 M
NNNN