SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 18 APRIL 2026 AT 0600UTC
PART 1
AT 180600UTC
WARNING NIL
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 180600UTC
HIGH 1031 HPA 70N 036E MOVING S/E 25 KMH INCREASE
LOW 1017 HPA 77N 072E MOVING S 10 KMH FILLING
HIGH 1031 HPA 73N 132E MOVING N 5 KMH
ICE AT 171200UTC
YERMAK PLATEAU-LITKE TROUGH-NANSEN BASIN
ICE N TO 8027N 00656E, 8035N 00948E, 8036N 01007E,
8054N 01232E, 8116N 01251E, 8112N 01423E, 8113N 01545E,
8122N 01658E, 8120N 01755E, 8122N 01904E, 8126N 01914E,
8132N 01929E, 8134N 02248E.
NANSEN BASIN
ICE E TO 8134N 02248E, 8122N 02259E.
NANSEN BASIN
ICE S TO 8122N 02259E, 8116N 01953E.
NANSEN BASIN-BANKS N NORDAUSTLANDET
ICE NE TO 8116N 01953E, 8113N 01951E, 8111N 01949E,
8101N 02218E.
BANKS N NORDAUSTLANDET-BANKS N SPITSBERGEN-A4
ICE SE TO 8101N 02218E, 8048N 02136E, 8046N 02020E,
8008N 01701E, 8005N 01614E, 8000N 01517E, 7955N 01417E.
A4
ICE S TO 7955N 01417E, 7956N 01010E.
A4
ICE E TO 7956N 01010E, 7843N 01118E, 7812N 01253E,
7745N 01237E.
A4-B4
ICE NE TO 7745N 01237E, 7732N 01326E, 7730N 01329E,
7658N 01426E, 7616N 01651E.
B4
ICE N TO 7616N 01651E, 7616N 01805E.
B4-B5
ICE NW TO 7616N 01805E, 7636N 02000E, 7640N 02023E,
7639N 02210E, 7712N 02442E.
B5
ICE NE TO 7712N 02442E, 7700N 02638E.
B5
ICE SE TO 7700N 02638E, 7653N 02432E, 7611N 02243E.
B5
ICE NE TO 7611N 02243E, 7543N 02256E, 7537N 02406E.
B5
ICE NW TO 7537N 02406E, 7636N 02722E, 7705N 02819E,
7707N 03000E.
01020
ICE NW TO 7707N 03000E, 7707N 03002E, 7810N 03314E.
01020
ICE E TO 7810N 03314E, 7718N 03159E, 7641N 03314E.
01020
ICE N TO 7641N 03314E, 7629N 03425E, 7642N 03630E,
7623N 03854E, 7652N 04332E.
01020
ICE NW TO 7652N 04332E, 7726N 04506E, 7745N 04711E.
01020-01010
ICE N TO 7745N 04711E, 7731N 04845E, 7731N 05000E,
7730N 05134E, 7710N 05308E, 7728N 05510E, 7734N 05750E.
01010
ICE NE TO 7734N 05750E, 7641N 06014E, 7637N 06052E.
01010
ICE SE TO 7637N 06052E, 7620N 06015E.
01010
ICE S TO 7620N 06015E, 7635N 05738E, 7622N 05238E.
01010-01120-01110-01130-01140
ICE E TO 7622N 05238E, 7559N 05141E, 7500N 05129E,
7422N 05122E, 7354N 05000E, 7352N 04955E, 7351N 05000E,
7333N 05112E, 7210N 05000E, 7159N 04951E, 7152N 05000E,
7140N 05014E, 7054N 05109E, 7015N 05256E, 6930N 05303E,
6925N 05304E.
01140
ICE SE TO 6925N 05304E, 6909N 05202E, 6848N 05131E.
01140
ICE S TO 6848N 05131E, 6833N 04945E.
01140
ICE W TO 6833N 04945E, 6900N 05009E.
01140-01110-01100
ICE S TO 6900N 05009E, 6854N 04814E, 6832N 04741E,
6837N 04606E, 6838N 04604E, 6858N 04532E, 6907N 04320E,
6907N 04314E.
01100-01240
ICE E TO 6907N 04314E, 6857N 04234E, 6853N 04233E,
6837N 04232E, 6831N 04250E.
01110
ICE E TO 7331N 04927E, 7332N 04909E, 7344N 04859E,
7346N 04913E.
01110
ICE W TO 7346N 04913E, 7345N 04940E, 7336N 04947E,
7331N 04927E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 180600UTC TO 190600UTC
01010, 01110, 01120
WINDS N/W W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO MINUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM SOMETIMES 1 TO 2 KM
SOMETIMES PRECIPITATION LOCALLY HAZE
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01020, 01100
WINDS W S/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO MINUS 2 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM SOMETIMES 1 TO 2 KM
SOMETIMES PRECIPITATION LOCALLY HAZE
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01130
WINDS N/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 4 TO PLUS 1 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
01140
WINDS W S/W 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO MINUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY SNOW FOG
01240
WINDS N/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM SOMETIMES 1 TO 2 KM SOMETIMES PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
01250
WINDS S/E S 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM SOMETIMES 1 TO 2 KM SOMETIMES PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
17021
WINDS S/W W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO MINUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY SNOW
17022
WINDS S/W S 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 9 TO MINUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY SNOW
17023
WINDS S/W S 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP MINUS 8 TO MINUS 13 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY SNOW
17030
WINDS N/W N 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP MINUS 4 TO MINUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY SNOW FOG
17062
WINDS S 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 9 TO MINUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY SNOW FOG
17063
WINDS S/W W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 4 TO MINUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY SNOW FOG
17064
WINDS S 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP MINUS 10 TO MINUS 15 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY SNOW FOG
17071
WINDS S/W S 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP MINUS 10 TO MINUS 15 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY SNOW
17073
WINDS N/W N 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP MINUS 11 TO MINUS 16 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM
17090
WINDS N/E N 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP MINUS 13 TO MINUS 18 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
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