SECURITY
WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX
ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ST PETERSBURG ON THE 18 SEPTEMBER 2026 AT 1800UTC
PART 1
AT 181800UTC
GALE WARNING
17040, 17050, 17100
FROM 181800UTC TO 191800UTC
WINDS S S/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17061, 17063
FROM 181800UTC TO 190600UTC
WINDS S/E S GUSTS 17 MS
17062, 17064
FROM 181800UTC TO 191800UTC
WINDS S GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17071, 17072
FROM 181800UTC TO 191800UTC
WINDS S GUSTS 18 MS
17073
FROM 181800UTC TO 191800UTC
WINDS S/E S GUSTS 18 MS
17090
FROM 181800UTC TO 191800UTC
WINDS S GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17110, 17120, 17230
FROM 181800UTC TO 191800UTC
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17140
FROM 181800UTC TO 191800UTC
WINDS W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
17151
FROM 181800UTC TO 191800UTC
WINDS W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
SEAS 2.4 TO 4.4 M
17152
FROM 181800UTC TO 191800UTC
WINDS W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
17153
FROM 191200UTC TO 191800UTC
WINDS W GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
17154
FROM 190600UTC TO 191800UTC
WINDS W GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
17241
FROM 181800UTC TO 190600UTC
IN THE SQUARE SOUTH 80N AND OF WEST 132E
WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
17243
FROM 181800UTC TO 191800UTC
WINDS W GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.6 M
PART 2
SYNOPSIS AT 181800UTC
LOW 990 HPA 73N 038E STATIONARY
HIGH 1007 HPA 76N 003W STATIONARY
HIGH 1033 HPA 68N 112E MOVING S/W 10 KMH
ICE AT 181200UTC
YERMAK PLATEAU-LITKE TROUGH-NANSEN BASIN
ICE N TO 8007N 00741E, 8008N 00755E, 8020N 00840E,
8027N 01042E, 8031N 01202E, 8059N 01601E, 8137N 01649E,
8125N 01915E, 8117N 02053E, 8147N 02135E, 8137N 02705E,
8208N 02725E, 8156N 03000E.
01020-17010-17290
ICE N TO 8156N 03000E, 8151N 03058E, 8156N 03403E,
8145N 03829E, 8225N 04000E, 8230N 04012E, 8233N 04020E,
8245N 04526E, 8302N 04758E, 8258N 05203E, 8332N 05923E.
17290
ICE W TO 8332N 05923E, 8353N 05835E.
17290-17230
ICE NE TO 8353N 05835E, 8405N 06801E, 8350N 08333E,
8310N 09055E, 8244N 09842E, 8230N 10052E, 8143N 10645E,
7922N 11236E, 7926N 11742E.
17230-17120
ICE E TO 7926N 11742E, 7900N 11800E, 7747N 11844E.
17120
ICE N TO 7747N 11844E, 7749N 12109E, 7727N 12211E,
7737N 12408E, 7724N 12500E.
PART 3
FORECAST FROM 181800UTC TO 191800UTC
01010, 01120
WINDS S S/E 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN HAZE 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY RAIN HAZE
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01020
WINDS E N/E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 1 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN HAZE 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY RAIN HAZE
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01100, 01110
WINDS S S/W 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 5 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN RAIN IN HAZE 1 TO 2 KM
LOCALLY RAIN HAZE
SEAS 1.0 TO 2.0 M
01130
WINDS S/W S 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 0.7 TO 1.3 M
01140
WINDS S/W S 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP PLUS 7 TO PLUS 12 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN RAIN 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.5 M
01240, 01250
WINDS W S/W 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 190600UTC S S/E 8 TO 13 MS
TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES
VIS 6 TO 10 KM VIS IN RAIN 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.5 M
17021, 17022, 17023
WINDS S/E S 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 190600UTC S S/W 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.6 M AFTER 190600UTC 1.1 TO 2.0 M
17024
WINDS S/E S 10 TO 15 MS
AFTER 190600UTC S S/W 10 TO 15 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY RAIN
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.4 M AFTER 190600UTC 0.6 TO 1.2 M
17030
WINDS S/E S 11 TO 16 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
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.5 M
17040
WINDS S S/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 1.7 TO 2.7 M
17050
WINDS S S/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY RAIN FOG
SEAS 1.7 TO 2.7 M
17061, 17063
WINDS S/E S 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 MS
AFTER 190600UTC S S/W 11 TO 16 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
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.8 M AFTER 190600UTC 1.3 TO 2.1 M
17062
WINDS S 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN
SEAS 1.1 TO 2.0 M
17064
WINDS S 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN
SEAS 0.9 TO 1.6 M
17071
WINDS S 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 18 MS
TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN
SEAS 1.3 TO 2.1 M
17072
WINDS S 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 18 MS
TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.8 M
17073
WINDS S/E S 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 18 MS
TEMP PLUS 6 TO PLUS 11 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK RAIN
SEAS 0.9 TO 1.5 M
17090
WINDS S 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 9 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.8 TO 1.6 M
17100
WINDS S S/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM VIS IN FOG 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
SEAS 0.6 TO 1.1 M
17110
WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 9 KM
SEAS 1.6 TO 2.6 M
17120
WINDS S/W W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION
SEAS 1.0 TO 1.9 M
17130
WINDS W S/W 6 TO 11 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM LOCALLY FOG
SEAS 0.4 TO 0.8 M
17140
WINDS W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 8 TO 10 KM
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.6 M
17151
WINDS W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 8 TO 10 KM
SEAS 2.4 TO 4.4 M
17152
WINDS W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.0 TO 3.6 M
17153
WINDS W S/W 7 TO 12 MS
AFTER 190000UTC W S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 191200UTC W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 8 TO 10 KM
SEAS 1.2 TO 2.2 M AFTER 190000UTC 1.5 TO 2.7 M
AFTER 191200UTC 1.6 TO 3.0 M
17154
WINDS W S/W 11 TO 16 MS
AFTER 190600UTC W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES
VIS 8 TO 10 KM
SEAS 1.5 TO 2.9 M AFTER 190600UTC 1.7 TO 3.1 M
17230
WINDS S/W W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS
TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 0.3 TO 0.8 KM
LOCALLY PRECIPITATION FOG
17241
WINDS OF SOUTH 80N S/W W 10 TO 15 MS
IN THE SQUARE SOUTH 80N AND OF WEST 132E
FROM 181800UTC TO 190600UTC S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS
OF NORTH 80N W N/W 7 TO 12 MS
TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 4 DEGREES
VIS 3 TO 6 KM LOCALLY LESS 1 KM
LOCALLY SNOW WET SNOW SNOWSTORM
17243
WINDS W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS
TEMP MINUS 3 TO PLUS 2 DEGREES
VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION
SEAS 2.5 TO 4.6 M
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