SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 21 AUGUST 2026 AT 1800UTC
PART 1
AT 211800UTC
WARNING NIL
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 211800UTC
LOW 998 HPA 69N 041E MOVING N/E 10 KMH FILLING
LOW 1003 HPA 82N 069E MOVING E 20 KMH
HIGH 1022 HPA 68N 115E STATIONARY INCREASE
LOW 987 HPA 77N 174E MOVING E 15 KMH
ICE AT 211200UTC
A3-YERMAK PLATEAU-LITKE TROUGH-BANKS N SPITSBERGEN-BANKS N NORDAUSTLANDET
ICE N TO 7947N 00818E, 8000N 00842E, 8024N 00927E,
8028N 01034E, 8034N 01230E, 8031N 01233E, 8011N 01301E,
8015N 01439E, 8031N 01545E, 8054N 01732E, 8053N 01931E,
8108N 02053E, 8058N 02227E, 8111N 02319E, 8124N 03000E.
01020-17010-17290
ICE N TO 8124N 03000E, 8127N 03255E, 8148N 03528E,
8144N 03830E, 8157N 04000E, 8230N 04420E, 8233N 04447E,
8302N 05337E.
17290
ICE W TO 8302N 05337E, 8332N 05241E, 8434N 06405E.
17290-17230
ICE NE TO 8434N 06405E, 8356N 08429E, 8312N 08859E,
8230N 09631E, 8144N 10229E, 8053N 10658E, 8021N 10732E,
8009N 11107E.
17230-17120
ICE E TO 8009N 11107E, 7955N 11115E, 7940N 11201E,
7900N 11126E, 7845N 11114E.
17120-17110-17230
ICE S TO 7845N 11114E, 7851N 10900E, 7854N 10741E,
7900N 10716E, 7932N 10444E, 7934N 10231E.
17230-17040
ICE W TO 7934N 10231E, 7955N 10314E, 8014N 10245E,
8118N 09554E, 8121N 09532E.
17040
ICE E TO 8121N 09532E, 8111N 09217E, 8057N 09033E,
8015N 09113E, 8004N 09143E.
17040
ICE E TO 7943N 09305E, 7933N 09248E, 7842N 09403E.
17040
ICE NW TO 7842N 09403E, 7845N 09443E, 7902N 09501E.
17230
ICE S TO 7923N 09942E, 7921N 10135E.
17110
ICE E TO 7820N 10445E, 7759N 10501E.
17110-17040
ICE S TO 7759N 10501E, 7746N 09943E, 7749N 09833E,
7755N 09601E, 7818N 09337E.
17040-17050-17100
ICE E TO 7818N 09337E, 7806N 09257E, 7804N 09251E,
7751N 09407E, 7729N 09357E, 7724N 09553E, 7722N 09630E,
7719N 09521E, 7718N 09508E, 7713N 09443E, 7704N 09402E,
7647N 09409E, 7637N 09231E, 7631N 09233E, 7622N 09412E,
7609N 09139E, 7538N 09110E.
17120
ICE W TO 7525N 11343E, 7522N 11413E, 7525N 11443E,
7546N 11517E, 7613N 11508E, 7621N 11548E, 7638N 11541E.
17120
ICE N TO 7638N 11541E, 7632N 11806E, 7606N 11856E,
7547N 11915E, 7540N 12105E, 7551N 12252E, 7619N 12500E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 211800UTC TO 221800UTC
01010, 01020
WINDS N/E N 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN FOG 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01100, 01110, 01120
WINDS N/E N 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN FOG 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01130
WINDS S S/E 4 TO 9 MS
AFTER 220600UTC S S/W 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 10 TO PLUS 15 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.2 TO 0.6 M
01140
WINDS S S/E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 11 TO PLUS 16 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.2 TO 0.6 M
01240, 01250
WINDS N/E N 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN FOG 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
17021
WINDS S S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.5 M
17022
WINDS S/E S 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 8 TO PLUS 13 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.2 M
17023, 17024
WINDS S/E S 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.2 M
17030
WINDS S S/E 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 220600UTC S/W W 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.2 TO 2.2 M AFTER 220600UTC 1.6 TO 2.6 M
17040
WINDS S/E S 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 220600UTC S S/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M AFTER 220600UTC 1.0 TO 2.0 M
17050
WINDS S S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M
17061
WINDS S S/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.9 TO 1.6 M
17062, 17063, 17064
WINDS S S/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.9 TO 1.6 M
17071, 17072
WINDS S S/W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.6 M
17073
WINDS S 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.7 TO 1.3 M
17090
WINDS S S/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.2 M
17100
WINDS S S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
17110
WINDS W S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
17120
WINDS W S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.7 M
17130
WINDS S/W S 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP PLUS 10 TO PLUS 15 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.4 TO 0.9 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.0 M
17140
WINDS S/W 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 220300UTC W S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.1 TO 2.1 M AFTER 220300UTC 1.7 TO 3.1 M
17151
WINDS W N/W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 220300UTC S/W 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.9 TO 3.5 M AFTER 220300UTC 2.0 TO 3.6 M
17152
WINDS W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 221200UTC W S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.3 TO 2.4 M AFTER 221200UTC 1.5 TO 2.9 M
17153
WINDS W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 221200UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.3 TO 2.5 M AFTER 221200UTC 1.5 TO 2.7 M
17154
WINDS W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 221200UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.3 TO 2.4 M AFTER 221200UTC 1.5 TO 2.9 M
17230
WINDS S S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 220600UTC S/E S 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM
LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION
17241
WINDS OF WEST 135E W N/W 3 TO 8 MS
AFTER 220600UTC VARIABLE 1 TO 6 MS
AFTER 221200UTC E S/E 3 TO 8 MS
OF EAST 135E N/W N 6 TO 11 MS GUSTS 14 MS
AFTER 220900UTC 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP 0 TO MINUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 10 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION HAZE
17243
WINDS N/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 220900UTC S/W 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.7 M AFTER 220900UTC 1.5 TO 2.7 M
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