SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 23 AUGUST 2026 AT 0600UTC
PART 1
AT 230600UTC
GALE WARNING
17120
FROM 230600UTC TO 232100UTC
WINDS N/W N GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17130
FROM 230600UTC TO 231200UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17140
FROM 230600UTC TO 240000UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17151
FROM 230600UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.7 M
17152
FROM 230600UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M
17153
FROM 230600UTC TO 231800UTC
WINDS W S/W GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
FROM 231800UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17154
FROM 230600UTC TO 231800UTC
WINDS W S/W GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
FROM 231800UTC TO 240600UTC
WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M
17241
IN THE AREA WEST OF 135E
FROM 230600UTC TO 240000UTC
WINDS N/E E GUSTS 16 TO 18 MS
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 230600UTC
LOW 1010 HPA 78N 008W MOVING N/E 10 KMH FILLING
HIGH 1017 HPA 78N 052E MOVING E 20 KMH INCREASE
LOW 1010 HPA 69N 044E STATIONARY FILLING
LOW 983 HPA 59N 028E MOVING N/E 40 KMH FILLING
LOW 995 HPA 79N 117E MOVING S/E 40 KMH DEEPENING
HIGH 1021 HPA 65N 115E STATIONARY WEAKENS
ICE AT 221200UTC
A3-A4-YERMAK PLATEAU-BANKS N SPITSBERGEN-BANKS N NORDAUSTLANDET
ICE N TO 7932N 00852E, 7955N 01000E, 8000N 01016E,
8014N 01100E, 8020N 01120E, 8021N 01203E,
8010N 01428E, 8026N 01551E, 8054N 01831E,
8055N 02015E, 8109N 02127E, 8107N 02305E,
8116N 02334E, 8116N 02649E, 8124N 03000E.
01020-17010-17290
ICE NW TO 8124N 03000E, 8139N 03612E, 8203N 03844E,
8159N 03949E, 8200N 04000E, 8207N 04106E,
8218N 04142E, 8218N 04245E, 8230N 04319E,
8238N 04344E, 8255N 05013E, 8312N 05024E,
8320N 05224E, 8350N 05152E, 8403N 05537E,
8417N 05748E, 8427N 06132E, 8442N 06354E.
17290-17230-17120
ICE NE TO 8442N 06354E, 8353N 08346E, 8303N 09048E,
8230N 09620E, 8053N 10652E, 8025N 10731E,
7958N 10912E, 7940N 11208E, 7900N 11227E,
7850N 11232E.
17120-17110-17230-17040
ICE SW TO 7850N 11232E, 7856N 10907E, 7857N 10900E,
7900N 10832E, 7909N 10707E, 7933N 10448E,
7935N 10316E, 8019N 10247E, 8118N 09554E,
8123N 09519E, 8114N 09215E, 8117N 09021E,
8109N 08940E.
17040
ICE E TO 8109N 08940E, 8048N 09058E, 8008N 09055E,
8003N 09038E, 7945N 09045E, 7932N 09014E,
7919N 09130E, 7907N 09214E, 7859N 09324E,
7840N 09424E, 7841N 09421E.
17040
ICE W TO 7841N 09421E, 7846N 09501E, 7902N 09500E.
17230
ICE N TO 7904N 09953E, 7906N 10100E.
17110-17040-17050-17100
ICE SE TO 7818N 10410E, 7811N 10504E, 7757N 10450E,
7739N 09936E, 7748N 09824E, 7756N 09711E,
7756N 09522E, 7822N 09345E, 7806N 09300E,
7804N 09307E, 7752N 09355E, 7732N 09349E,
7723N 09501E, 7705N 09357E, 7705N 09356E,
7648N 09354E, 7637N 09229E, 7631N 09235E,
7623N 09328E, 7612N 09132E, 7544N 09042E,
7540N 09045E.
17120
ICE N TO 7524N 11342E, 7523N 11407E, 7545N 11510E,
7634N 11542E, 7638N 11654E, 7550N 11900E,
7541N 12106E, 7618N 12500E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 230600UTC TO 240600UTC
01010
WINDS S/E E 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN FOG 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
01020
WINDS S S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN FOG 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
01100, 01110, 01120
WINDS N N/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 10 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN FOG 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01130
WINDS E N/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY RAIN THUNDERSTORM FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.2 M
01140
WINDS E S/E 6 TO 11 MS
AFTER 231800UTC E N/E 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY RAIN THUNDERSTORM FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.2 M
01240, 01250
WINDS N N/E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN FOG 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
17021
WINDS E N/E 5 TO 10 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 1.0 M
17022
WINDS S/E E 5 TO 10 MS
AFTER 231800UTC S/E S 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 8 TO PLUS 13 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.2 TO 0.8 M
17023
WINDS S S/E 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.2 M
17024
WINDS S/E S 5 TO 10 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.3 TO 0.8 M
17030
WINDS N/E E 6 TO 11 MS
AFTER 231200UTC E S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.5 TO 1.4 M
17040
WINDS N/W N 9 TO 14 MS
AFTER 231800UTC N N/E 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
17050
WINDS N/W N 8 TO 13 MS
AFTER 240000UTC N/W W 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 6 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.5 M
17061
WINDS N/E 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 0.2 TO 1.0 M
17062
WINDS N/E E 5 TO 10 MS
AFTER 231800UTC E 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 0.5 TO 1.2 M
17063
WINDS E N/E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.2 TO 0.8 M
17064
WINDS S/W S 4 TO 9 MS
AFTER 231200UTC S S/E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.2 TO 1.0 M
17071
WINDS S S/E 4 TO 9 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.2 TO 0.8 M
17072
WINDS S/E S 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.2 TO 0.8 M
17073
WINDS S S/E 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP PLUS 9 TO PLUS 14 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.2 TO 0.8 M
17090
WINDS W N/W 4 TO 9 MS
AFTER 231800UTC S S/E 3 TO 8 MS
TEMP PLUS 10 TO PLUS 15 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 0.3 TO 0.9 M
17100
WINDS W N/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
17110
WINDS W N/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 231800UTC N/W W 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
17120
WINDS N/W N 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
AFTER 232100UTC N/W N 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M
17130
WINDS W N/W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
AFTER 231200UTC W N/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 10 TO PLUS 15 DEGREES
LOCALLY PLUS 20 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.4 TO 0.9 KM
LOCALLY WEAK RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.2 TO 2.2 M AFTER 231200UTC 0.8 TO 1.8 M
17140
WINDS W N/W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
AFTER 240000UTC N/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.8 M AFTER 240000UTC 1.7 TO 3.2 M
17151
WINDS W N/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 2.5 TO 4.7 M
17152
WINDS W N/W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M
17153
WINDS W S/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
AFTER 231800UTC W N/W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.9 TO 3.5 M AFTER 231800UTC 1.8 TO 3.4 M
17154
WINDS W S/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
AFTER 231800UTC W N/W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP PLUS 3 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.8 M AFTER 231800UTC 2.3 TO 4.3 M
17230
WINDS N/E N 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 231500UTC N N/W 9 TO 14 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
17241
WINDS E N/E 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 16 TO 18 MS
OF EAST 135E S/E E 5 TO 10 MS
AFTER 240000UTC N N/W 6 TO 11 MS
OF EAST 135E N/E E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP 0 TO MINUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 1 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
17243
WINDS W 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 231200UTC N N/W 11 TO 16 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 5 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.6 M AFTER 231200UTC 2.0 TO 3.7 M
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