SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 25 AUGUST 2026 AT 0600UTC
PART 1
AT 250600UTC
GALE WARNING
01130, 01140
FROM 252100UTC TO 260600UTC
WINDS N N/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17024
FROM 260000UTC TO 260600UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17072
FROM 260000UTC TO 260600UTC
WINDS S S/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17073
FROM 252200UTC TO 260600UTC
WINDS S S/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17090
FROM 260000UTC TO 260600UTC
WINDS S/W S GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17130
FROM 251200UTC TO 260000UTC
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17140, 17152
FROM 251500UTC TO 260600UTC
WINDS S/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17151
FROM 251500UTC TO 260600UTC
WINDS S/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.6 M
17153
FROM 251500UTC TO 260600UTC
WINDS S S/W GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
17154
FROM 251800UTC TO 260600UTC
WINDS S/W GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
17241
FROM 250600UTC TO 250900UTC
WINDS N/W W GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
17243
FROM 250600UTC TO 251200UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 250600UTC
LOW 1003 HPA 76N 031E MOVING E N/E 10 KMH DEEPENING
HIGH 1026 HPA 63N 011E STATIONARY
LOW 1004 HPA 61N 040E STATIONARY FILLING
LOW 1002 HPA 65N 057E MOVING N/E 20 KMH
LOW 1003 HPA 81N 079E MOVING E 15 KMH DEEPENING
LOW 1002 HPA 76N 084E MOVING N/E 35 KMH DEEPENING
HIGH 1019 HPA 68N 120E MOVING S 5 KMH WEAKENS
LOW 993 HPA 85N 170W MOVING N/W 40 KMH DEEPENING
ICE AT 241200UTC
A3-YERMAK PLATEAU
ICE W TO 7926N 00854E, 8000N 00958E, 8001N 01000E,
8018N 00927E.
YERMAK PLATEAU-LITKE TROUGH
ICE N TO 8018N 00927E, 8026N 01047E, 8040N 01327E.
LITKE TROUGH-BANKS N SPITSBERGEN
ICE E TO 8040N 01327E, 8034N 01308E, 8009N 01159E,
8009N 01347E.
BANKS N SPITSBERGEN-BANKS N NORDAUSTLANDET
ICE N TO 8009N 01347E, 8031N 01546E, 8059N 01837E,
8054N 02021E, 8121N 03000E.
01020-17010-17290-17040-17230-17120
ICE N TO 8121N 03000E, 8124N 03143E, 8158N 04000E,
8200N 04032E, 8230N 04335E, 8235N 04407E, 8251N 04853E,
8318N 05054E, 8345N 05017E, 8438N 06203E, 8353N 08314E,
8322N 08418E, 8254N 09329E, 8235N 09415E, 8230N 09442E,
8217N 09554E, 8211N 09627E, 8054N 10618E, 8024N 10619E,
7956N 10847E, 7952N 11049E, 7900N 11322E, 7836N 11425E,
7815N 11544E, 7713N 11804E.
17120-17110
ICE S TO 7713N 11804E, 7711N 11703E, 7737N 11409E,
7734N 11205E, 7805N 10900E, 7820N 10712E, 7832N 10641E,
7811N 10429E.
17110
ICE E TO 7811N 10429E, 7757N 10514E, 7751N 10258E,
7744N 10217E, 7743N 10121E, 7735N 10026E.
17110-17040
ICE S TO 7735N 10026E, 7749N 09832E, 7756N 09725E,
7748N 09601E.
17040-17050-17100
ICE E TO 7748N 09601E, 7741N 09545E, 7713N 09442E,
7603N 09225E, 7546N 09233E.
17230-17040
ICE W TO 7958N 09927E, 7954N 10127E, 7954N 10245E,
8111N 09745E, 8126N 09554E, 8128N 09536E.
17040
ICE E TO 8128N 09536E, 8121N 09000E, 8108N 08844E,
8049N 09036E, 8009N 09017E, 7933N 09029E, 7849N 09531E,
7812N 09938E.
17230
ICE SE TO 7906N 10101E, 7901N 09954E.
17120
ICE NW TO 7457N 11246E, 7449N 11338E, 7453N 11502E,
7511N 11527E, 7555N 11541E, 7631N 11733E.
17120
ICE N TO 7631N 11733E, 7628N 11840E, 7556N 11953E,
7542N 12156E, 7558N 12500E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 250600UTC TO 260600UTC
01010, 01020
WINDS E S/E 7 TO 12 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 1.5 M
01100
WINDS N/W 11 TO 16 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 2.0 TO 3.0 M
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 N N/W 8 TO 13 MS
AFTER 251200UTC N N/W 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 252100UTC GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 8 TO PLUS 13 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M AFTER 251200UTC 1.0 TO 2.2 M
01140
WINDS N/E N 6 TO 11 MS
AFTER 251500UTC N N/W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 252100UTC GUSTS 17 TO 20 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 AFTER 251200UTC 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01240, 01250
WINDS N/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN HAZE 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY RAIN HAZE
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
17021
WINDS N/E N 6 TO 11 MS AFTER 251800UTC N N/W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.3 TO 1.0 M AFTER 251800UTC 1.0 TO 1.8 M
17022
WINDS E N/E 6 TO 11 MS AFTER 252100UTC N N/W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 8 TO PLUS 13 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY RAIN THUNDERSTORM FOG
SEAS 0.3 TO 0.9 M AFTER 252100UTC 0.8 TO 1.5 M
17023
WINDS E N/E 4 TO 9 MS AFTER 251800UTC N N/W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 10 TO PLUS 15 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY RAIN THUNDERSTORM FOG
SEAS 0.4 TO 0.9 M AFTER 251800UTC 0.8 TO 1.6 M
17024
WINDS S S/E 5 TO 10 MS AFTER 251200UTC 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 251800UTC S S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 260000UTC W N/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 12 TO PLUS 17 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY RAIN THUNDERSTORM FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.8 M
17030
WINDS N/W N 6 TO 11 MS AFTER 250900UTC E N/E 6 TO 11 MS
AFTER 251500UTC E S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.6 M
17040
WINDS S/E S 8 TO 13 MS AFTER 251500UTC N/W N 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 AFTER 251500UTC 1.2 TO 2.2 M
17050
WINDS N/W N 9 TO 14 MS AFTER 252100UTC N N/E 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 0.9 TO 1.6 M
17061
WINDS N/E E 5 TO 10 MS AFTER 251200UTC E S/E 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.2 M
17062
WINDS N N/E 5 TO 10 MS AFTER 251500UTC N/E E 5 TO 10 MS
AFTER 260000UTC 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.5 M
17063
WINDS N/E E 5 TO 10 MS AFTER 260000UTC W N/W 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 0.5 TO 1.2 M
17064
WINDS N N/E 5 TO 10 MS AFTER 251500UTC N/E E 5 TO 10 MS
AFTER 260000UTC 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.2 M
17071
WINDS S S/E 6 TO 11 MS AFTER 251800UTC S S/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.3 M
17072
WINDS S/W S 7 TO 12 MS AFTER 251800UTC S S/E 6 TO 11 MS
AFTER 252100UTC 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 260000UTC S S/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 12 TO PLUS 17 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.5 M
17073
WINDS S S/W 9 TO 14 MS AFTER 252200UTC GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP PLUS 14 TO PLUS 19 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.8 M
17090
WINDS S/W S 9 TO 14 MS AFTER 260000UTC GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 14 TO PLUS 19 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.6 M
17100
WINDS S/W W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 251200UTC N/W N 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 260000UTC N/E E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
17110
WINDS E S/E 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 251200UTC E N/E 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 252100UTC N N/W 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
17120
WINDS S/W S 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 251200UTC S S/E 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 251800UTC W N/W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.5 M
17130
WINDS S S/W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 251200UTC S/W W 9 TO 14 MS TO 260000UTC GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.4 TO 0.9 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.8 M
17140
WINDS S 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 251500UTC S/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.3 TO 2.3 M AFTER 251500UTC 1.7 TO 3.2 M
17151
WINDS S/W 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 251500UTC S/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.6 M AFTER 251500UTC 2.5 TO 4.6 M
17152
WINDS W N/W 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 251200UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 251500UTC S/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.8 TO 3.4 M AFTER 251200UTC 1.5 TO 2.9 M
AFTER 251500UTC 1.9 TO 3.5 M
17153
WINDS W N/W 7 TO 12 MS AFTER 250900UTC S/W 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 251500UTC S S/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.2 TO 2.2 M AFTER 250900UTC 1.3 TO 2.5 M
AFTER 251500UTC 2.0 TO 3.7 M
17154
WINDS W N/W 6 TO 11 MS
AFTER 251200UTC S S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 251800UTC S/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.7 M AFTER 251200UTC 1.9 TO 3.5 M
AFTER 251800UTC 2.1 TO 3.9 M
17230
WINDS S/W S 6 TO 11 MS AFTER 252100UTC W N/W 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
17241
WINDS N/W W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
AFTER 250900UTC N/W W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS TO 16 MS
AFTER 251200UTC 6 TO 11 MS LOCALLY GUSTS 13 TO 15 MS
AFTER 251600UTC W S/W 5 TO 10 MS
AFTER 260000UTC OF SOUTH 80N S S/E 2 TO 7 MS
TEMP 0 TO MINUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
17243
WINDS W N/W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
AFTER 251200UTC S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 260000UTC S S/E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M AFTER 251200UTC 1.5 TO 2.8 M
AFTER 260000UTC 1.7 TO 3.2 M
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