SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 17 APRIL 2026 AT 0600UTC
PART 1
AT 170600UTC
GALE WARNING
01130
FROM 170600UTC TO 171800UTC
WINDS N/E N GUSTS 18 MS
01140
FROM 170600UTC TO 171500UTC
WINDS E N/E GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17030
FROM 180000UTC TO 180600UTC
WINDS W S/W GUSTS 18 MS
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 170600UTC
HIGH 1026 HPA 75N 020E MOVING S/E 20 KMH WEAKENS
LOW 1008 HPA 64N 053E MOVING S/E 10 KMH FILLING
HIGH 1026 HPA 73N 070E STATIONARY WEAKENS
HIGH 1022 HPA 87N 080E STATIONARY WEAKENS
HIGH 1027 HPA 77N 095E STATIONARY WEAKENS
HIGH 1027 HPA 73N 118E MOVING N/W 20 KMH INCREASE
LOW 1023 HPA 77N 123E MOVING N/W 10 KMH FILLING
ICE AT 161200UTC
YERMAK PLATEAU-LITKE TROUGH
ICE NW TO 8031N 00649E, 8031N 00757E, 8038N 00929E,
8038N 00933E, 8059N 01142E, 8136N 01327E.
LITKE TROUGH-NANSEN BASIN
ICE N TO 8136N 01327E, 8140N 01854E, 8140N 01856E,
8136N 02228E.
NANSEN BASIN-BANKS N NORDAUSTLANDET-BANKS N SPITSBERGEN-A4
ICE SE TO 8136N 02228E, 8115N 01954E, 8113N 01955E,
8051N 02012E, 8023N 01813E, 8006N 01614E, 8004N 01603E,
8000N 01548E, 7949N 01506E.
A4
ICE S TO 7949N 01506E, 7958N 01236E, 7955N 01115E,
7948N 01030E.
A4-B4
ICE E TO 7948N 01030E, 7933N 01030E, 7843N 01121E,
7821N 01232E, 7751N 01235E, 7730N 01316E, 7704N 01402E,
7647N 01537E, 7625N 01618E.
B4-B5
ICE N TO 7625N 01618E, 7626N 01709E, 7647N 01804E,
7646N 02000E, 7645N 02151E, 7716N 02411E, 7711N 02549E.
B5
ICE E TO 7711N 02549E, 7658N 02418E, 7640N 02418E,
7615N 02224E, 7544N 02320E.
B5
ICE NW TO 7544N 02320E, 7556N 02440E, 7640N 02701E,
7706N 02752E, 7726N 03000E.
01020
ICE NW TO 7726N 03000E, 7728N 03019E, 7806N 03254E.
01020
ICE E TO 7806N 03254E, 7719N 03200E, 7646N 03311E.
01020
ICE N TO 7646N 03311E, 7631N 03423E, 7641N 03534E,
7623N 03934E, 7650N 04313E.
01020
ICE NW TO 7650N 04313E, 7727N 04418E, 7747N 04704E.
01020-01010
ICE N TO 7747N 04704E, 7727N 04813E, 7724N 05000E,
7717N 05321E, 7733N 05621E, 7730N 05720E.
01010
ICE NE TO 7730N 05720E, 7654N 05903E, 7636N 05919E,
7627N 05951E.
01010
ICE NW TO 7627N 05951E, 7639N 06102E, 7647N 06322E.
01010
ICE NE TO 7647N 06322E, 7637N 06401E.
01010
ICE SE TO 7637N 06401E, 7626N 06320E.
01010
ICE S TO 7626N 06320E, 7629N 06211E, 7625N 06055E,
7607N 05915E, 7634N 05741E, 7631N 05535E, 7612N 05448E,
7554N 05157E.
01010-01120
ICE E TO 7554N 05157E, 7534N 05126E, 7500N 05142E,
7458N 05143E, 7349N 05059E.
01120-01110
ICE SE TO 7349N 05059E, 7337N 05000E, 7326N 04905E.
01120-01110
ICE NE TO 7326N 04905E, 7319N 05000E, 7310N 05103E.
01120-01130-01140
ICE E TO 7310N 05103E, 7218N 05033E, 7140N 05045E,
7105N 05056E, 7010N 05309E, 6937N 05314E, 6931N 05318E,
6916N 05330E.
01140
ICE SE TO 6916N 05330E, 6843N 05144E, 6836N 05011E.
01140
ICE W TO 6836N 05011E, 6900N 05009E.
01140-01110-01100
ICE S TO 6900N 05009E, 6844N 04834E, 6834N 04801E,
6840N 04640E, 6842N 04632E, 6904N 04454E, 6906N 04320E,
6906N 04308E.
01100-01240
ICE E TO 6906N 04308E, 6851N 04239E, 6849N 04235E,
6833N 04257E.
B5
ICE E TO 7523N 02150E, 7522N 02107E, 7552N 02016E,
7603N 02056E.
B5
ICE W TO 7603N 02056E, 7602N 02157E, 7532N 02207E,
7523N 02150E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 170600UTC TO 180600UTC
01010
WINDS S/W W 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP 0 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN SNOW 1 TO 2 KM
LOCALLY SNOW SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01020, 01100
WINDS N/W N 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN FOG 0.5 TO 1.0 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01110, 01120
WINDS N N/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN FOG 0.5 TO 1.0 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01130
WINDS N/E N 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 18 MS
AFTER 171800UTC N/E N 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN PRECIPITATION 0.5 TO 1.0 KM
PRECIPITATION SNOW RAIN
01140
WINDS E N/E 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
AFTER 171500UTC E N/E 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 DEGREES
LOCALLY MINUS 17 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN PRECIPITATION 0.5 TO 1.0 KM
LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION
01240, 01250
WINDS N N/E 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
17021
WINDS S/E E 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 180000UTC S S/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 9 TO MINUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY FOG
17022
WINDS S/E E 3 TO 8 MS
AFTER 180000UTC S S/W 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP MINUS 13 TO MINUS 18 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
17023
WINDS S/E E 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 171500UTC E S/E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP MINUS 13 TO MINUS 18 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
17030
WINDS S S/W 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 180000UTC W S/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 18 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO MINUS 7 DEGREES
LOCALLY MINUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN SNOW 0.5 TO 1.0 KM
IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY SNOW FOG
17062
WINDS S/W S 3 TO 8 MS
AFTER 180000UTC S S/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 15 TO MINUS 20 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY SNOW
17063
WINDS S/E S 3 TO 8 MS
AFTER 171800UTC S S/W 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP MINUS 10 TO MINUS 15 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK SNOW FOG
17064
WINDS N/W N 3 TO 8 MS
AFTER 180000UTC W S/W 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP MINUS 15 TO MINUS 20 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY SNOW
17071
WINDS N/W W 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP MINUS 17 TO MINUS 22 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK SNOW
17073
WINDS N N/E 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP MINUS 17 TO MINUS 22 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
17090
WINDS N/E N 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP MINUS 17 TO MINUS 22 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
NNNN