SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 18 MAY 2026 AT 0600UTC
PART 1
AT 180600UTC
GALE WARNING
17022
FROM 180600UTC TO 181200UTC
WINDS N/W W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17023
FROM 180600UTC TO 181200UTC
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17073
FROM 180800UTC TO 182100UTC
WINDS N/W W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17090
FROM 180600UTC TO 181200UTC
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 180600UTC
HIGH 1019 HPA 72N 003E MOVING S/E 10 KMH INCREASE
LOW 1005 HPA 76N 040E MOVING E 15 KMH FILLING
LOW 997 HPA 73N 071E MOVING E 10 KMH DEEPENING
LOW 1010 HPA 78N 107E STATIONARY DEEPENING
HIGH 1026 HPA 75N 153E MOVING E 15 KMH WEAKENS
ICE AT 171200UTC
YERMAK PLATEAU-LITKE TROUGH-NANSEN BASIN
ICE NW TO 8011N 00744E, 8022N 00824E, 8022N 01017E,
8028N 01037E, 8046N 01151E, 8050N 01403E,
8118N 01439E, 8136N 01902E, 8138N 01942E.
NANSEN BASIN-BANKS N NORDAUSTLANDET-A4
ICE E TO 8138N 01942E, 8112N 01935E, 8047N 01931E,
8019N 01739E, 8000N 01726E, 7954N 01722E.
A4
ICE S TO 7927N 01402E, 7926N 01348E.
A4-B4
ICE E TO 7743N 01354E, 7730N 01343E, 7723N 01338E,
7641N 01420E, 7625N 01410E.
B4-B5
ICE N TO 7625N 01410E, 7621N 01552E, 7619N 01847E,
7627N 02000E, 7659N 02559E, 7722N 02741E,
7707N 03000E.
01020-01010
ICE N TO 7707N 03000E, 7643N 03318E, 7644N 03759E,
7704N 04138E, 7711N 04424E, 7726N 04525E,
7642N 04822E, 7709N 04950E, 7709N 05000E,
7717N 05540E, 7657N 05655E, 7630N 06204E.
01010-01020-01110-01120
ICE SE TO 7630N 06204E, 7556N 05826E, 7525N 05627E,
7552N 05548E, 7609N 05207E, 7536N 05133E,
7514N 05000E, 7508N 04934E, 7500N 04940E,
7432N 05000E, 7405N 05018E.
01120-01010
ICE NW TO 7405N 05018E, 7429N 05151E, 7450N 05418E,
7500N 05454E, 7510N 05530E, 7508N 05544E.
01120-01110
ICE W TO 7202N 05132E, 7207N 05042E, 7227N 05036E,
7243N 05000E, 7248N 04947E.
01110-01120-01130-01140
ICE E TO 7248N 04947E, 7244N 04928E, 7230N 04949E,
7211N 04948E, 7209N 05000E, 7203N 05037E,
7149N 05010E, 7140N 05007E, 7134N 05006E,
7030N 05157E, 6949N 05359E, 6944N 05606E,
6939N 05745E, 6859N 05723E.
01140
ICE S TO 6859N 05723E, 6900N 05556E, 6903N 05442E,
6900N 05425E.
01140
ICE S TO 6838N 05220E, 6850N 05112E, 6828N 05016E,
6826N 05015E, 6755N 04910E, 6752N 04913E.
01140
ICE E TO 6854N 04813E, 6850N 04807E, 6842N 04819E,
6827N 04921E, 6836N 05016E.
01140
ICE W TO 6836N 05016E, 6846N 04936E, 6859N 05018E,
6905N 05018E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 180600UTC TO 190600UTC
01010, 01020
WINDS E N/E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP MINUS 4 TO PLUS 1 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN SNOW 1 TO 2 KM SOMETIMES SNOW
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M
01100, 01110, 01120
WINDS W N/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN PRECIPITATION IN HAZE 1 TO 2 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION HAZE
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M
01130
WINDS W N/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.2 TO 0.7 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
01140
WINDS W N/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION
01240
WINDS W S/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM SOMETIMES RAIN
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
01250
WINDS W S/W 8 TO 13 MS
AFTER 181500UTC N 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN RAIN 1 TO 2 KM SOMETIMES RAIN
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
17021
WINDS W N/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 PRECIPITATION FOG
17022
WINDS N/W W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
AFTER 181200UTC N/W W 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 190000UTC W S/W 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP MINUS 3 TO PLUS 2 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
17023
WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
AFTER 181200UTC W N/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 182100UTC W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
17030
WINDS N/E N 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 190000UTC N/E N 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY SNOW FOG
17062
WINDS N/E N 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 181800UTC N 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP MINUS 3 TO MINUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN PRECIPITATION 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
17063
WINDS N N/E 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 181200UTC N N/W 6 TO 11 MS
AFTER 190000UTC N/W W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 4 TO PLUS 1 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
17064
WINDS N/E N 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 181200UTC N N/E 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO MINUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN PRECIPITATION 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
17071
WINDS S/W W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 181200UTC N/W N 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 182100UTC N N/W 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
17073
WINDS S/W W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 180800UTC N/W W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
AFTER 182100UTC N/W W 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
17090
WINDS S/W W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
AFTER 181200UTC S/W W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 182100UTC N N/E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP 0 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY SNOW
NNNN