SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 03 MARCH 2026 AT 1800UTC
PART 1
AT 031800UTC
GALE WARNING
01100
FROM 031800UTC TO 041800UTC
WINDS S/E E 17 TO 20 MS
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.5 M
01240, 01250
FROM 031800UTC TO 040600UTC
WINDS S/E E 18 TO 23 MS
FROM 040600UTC TO 041800UTC
WINDS S/E E 17 TO 18 MS
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 031800UTC
LOW 1000 HPA 84N 050W MOVING N 15 KMH
LOW 983 HPA 69N 006E MOVING E 10 KMH FILLING
HIGH 1036 HPA 79N 093E STATIONARY INCREASE
HIGH 1038 HPA 78N 154E STATIONARY WEAKENS
ICE AT 031200UTC
YERMAK PLATEAU
ICE N TO 8011N 00712E, 8010N 00903E.
YERMAK PLATEAU-LITKE TROUGH
ICE NW TO 8010N 00903E, 8020N 01017E, 8027N 01042E,
8056N 01250E, 8131N 01258E, 8211N 01501E.
LITKE TROUGH-NANSEN BASIN-BANKS N NORDAUSTLANDET
ICE NE TO 8211N 01501E, 8203N 01827E, 8155N 02101E,
8120N 02246E, 8055N 02351E.
BANKS N NORDAUSTLANDET-BANKS N SPITSBERGEN-A4-A3
ICE SE TO 8055N 02351E, 8057N 02036E, 8031N 01545E,
8000N 01106E, 7956N 01035E, 7943N 01000E, 7938N 00947E.
A3-A4-B4
ICE NE TO 7938N 00947E, 7920N 01000E, 7920N 01000E,
7907N 01023E, 7900N 01000E, 7857N 00952E, 7851N 01000E,
7844N 01011E, 7826N 01054E, 7752N 01243E, 7733N 01144E,
7730N 01156E, 7719N 01245E, 7706N 01318E, 7619N 01631E.
B4-B5
ICE N TO 7619N 01631E, 7656N 01859E, 7652N 02000E,
7639N 02251E.
B5-B4-C4
ICE E TO 7639N 02251E, 7617N 02000E, 7602N 01813E,
7518N 01722E, 7500N 01736E, 7424N 01800E, 7403N 01903E.
C4-C5-B5-A5
ICE W TO 7403N 01903E, 7417N 02000E, 7424N 02030E,
7500N 02200E, 7503N 02208E, 7548N 02231E, 7559N 02451E,
7628N 02757E, 7704N 02808E, 7730N 02623E, 7744N 02523E.
A5-B5
ICE N TO 7744N 02523E, 7801N 02621E, 7730N 02845E,
7727N 02857E, 7730N 02911E, 7740N 03000E.
01020
ICE N TO 7740N 03000E, 7752N 03107E.
01020
ICE NE TO 7752N 03107E, 7742N 03154E, 7708N 03039E,
7644N 03111E, 7616N 03420E.
01020
ICE N TO 7616N 03420E, 7650N 03854E, 7647N 04345E,
7711N 04810E.
01020-01010
ICE NE TO 7711N 04810E, 7620N 04930E, 7613N 05000E,
7552N 05119E.
01010
ICE NW TO 7552N 05119E, 7654N 05307E, 7701N 05427E,
7747N 05626E, 7742N 05826E, 7725N 05919E, 7736N 06122E,
7745N 06248E, 7759N 06423E, 7810N 06642E.
01010
ICE E TO 7810N 06642E, 7736N 06722E, 7726N 06805E,
7716N 06746E.
01010-01120
ICE SE TO 7716N 06746E, 7730N 06605E, 7728N 06327E,
7709N 06219E, 7650N 06239E, 7640N 06215E, 7646N 06110E,
7626N 05844E, 7631N 05727E, 7635N 05653E, 7627N 05527E,
7520N 05311E, 7500N 05248E, 7441N 05227E.
01120-01110
ICE E TO 7441N 05227E, 7352N 05041E, 7307N 05013E,
7302N 05000E, 7227N 04841E, 7206N 04852E, 7143N 04911E,
7113N 04922E.
01110-01100
ICE SE TO 7113N 04922E, 7054N 04713E, 7037N 04615E,
7049N 04435E, 7033N 04432E, 7009N 04322E, 7008N 04320E,
6926N 04227E, 6914N 04146E.
01100-01240
ICE S TO 6914N 04146E, 6920N 04050E, 6921N 04040E.
01240
ICE E TO 6921N 04040E, 6915N 04027E, 6839N 04037E,
6822N 04054E.
01240
ICE S TO 6822N 04054E, 6823N 03952E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 031800UTC TO 041800UTC
01010, 01020, 01110, 01120
WINDS S/E E 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 3 TO MINUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN SNOW 1 TO 2 KM
SOMETIMES SNOW
SLOWLY ICE ACCRETION SHIPS
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M
01100
WINDS S/E E 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN SNOW 1 TO 2 KM
SOMETIMES SNOW
SLOWLY ICE ACCRETION SHIPS
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.5 M
01130
WINDS S/E E 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP MINUS 13 TO MINUS 18 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY WEAK SNOW
01140
WINDS E N/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 16 TO MINUS 21 DEGREES
LOCALLY MINUS 26 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY FOG
01240, 01250
WINDS S/E E 18 TO 23 MS
AFTER 040600UTC S/E E 17 TO 18 MS
TEMP MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN SNOW 1 TO 2 KM
SOMETIMES SNOW
SLOWLY ICE ACCRETION SHIPS
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
17021
WINDS N/E N 3 TO 8 MS
AFTER 040000UTC N/E E 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP MINUS 25 TO MINUS 30 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
17022
WINDS N/E N 3 TO 8 MS
AFTER 040000UTC E N/E 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP MINUS 28 TO MINUS 33 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
17023
WINDS N N/W 3 TO 8 MS
AFTER 040000UTC N/E E 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP MINUS 27 TO MINUS 32 DEGREES
LOCALLY MINUS 37 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
17030
WINDS E N/E 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 20 TO MINUS 25 DEGREES
LOCALLY MINUS 15 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY WEAK SNOW
17062
WINDS E S/E 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP MINUS 26 TO MINUS 31 DEGREES
LOCALLY MINUS 36 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
17063
WINDS N/E E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP MINUS 23 TO MINUS 28 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
17064
WINDS E N/E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP MINUS 30 TO MINUS 35 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
17071
WINDS N/E N 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP MINUS 28 TO MINUS 33 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
17073
WINDS N/E N 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 30 TO MINUS 35 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
17090
WINDS E S/E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP MINUS 32 TO MINUS 37 DEGREES
LOCALLY MINUS 27 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY WEAK SNOW
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