Bulletinset for METAREA 20 Edition date (UTC): 2026-10-16 00:19:32 ============================ HIGH SEAS FORECAST ============================ FQRS01 RUSP 151659 SECURITY WEATHER BULLETIN FOR METAREA XX ISSUED BY THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE ST PETERSBURG ON THE 15 OCTOBER 2026 AT 1800UTC PART 1 AT 151800UTC STORM WARNING 17154 FROM 160600UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS W S/W GUSTS 20 TO 25 MS SEAS 2.2 TO 4.0 M GALE WARNING 01010, 01110, 01120 FROM 151800UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S S/W 17 MS SEAS 2.5 TO 4.5 M 01020 FROM 151800UTC TO 160600UTC WINDS S S/W 17 TO 18 MS SEAS 3.5 TO 5.5 M 01100 FROM 151800UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S S/W 17 TO 22 MS SEAS 3.5 TO 5.5 M FROM 160900UTC TO 161800UTC 6.0 TO 8.0 M 01130 FROM 151800UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W S GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS 01140 FROM 151800UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W S GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS 01240 FROM 151800UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W 17 TO 22 MS 01250 FROM 151800UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W 17 TO 22 MS SEAS FROM 161200UTC TO 161800UTC 4.0 TO 5.5 M 17021, 17023 FROM 160600UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W S GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS 17022 FROM 160900UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS 17024 FROM 161200UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS 17030 FROM 160000UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W S GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS 17040 FROM 151800UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS W S/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS 17050 FROM 151800UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W S GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS 17061 FROM 160600UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS 17062, 17064 FROM 161200UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS 17063 FROM 160300UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS 17071 FROM 161200UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W W GUSTS TO 18 MS 17072, 17073 FROM 161500UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W W GUSTS TO 18 MS 17090 FROM 161500UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W S GUSTS TO 18 MS 17100 FROM 152100UTC TO 160600UTC WINDS W S/W GUSTS 17 MS FROM 161200UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS 17110 FROM 151800UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS W S/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS 17120 FROM 160300UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS W S/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS 17130 FROM 160300UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS 17140 FROM 160300UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS W S/W GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS SEAS 2.2 TO 4.0 M 17151 FROM 160300UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS SEAS 2.5 TO 4.7 M 17152 FROM 151800UTC TO 152100UTC WINDS N/W GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS FROM 160300UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS 17153 FROM 160600UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS W S/W GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS 17154 FROM 151800UTC TO 152100UTC WINDS W N/W GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS 17230 FROM 151800UTC TO 160300UTC WINDS S/W W GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS FROM 160300UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS S/W W GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS 17243 FROM 151800UTC TO 160600UTC WINDS N/W GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS SEAS 2.5 TO 4.7 M FROM 160600UTC TO 161800UTC WINDS W GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS SEAS 2.3 TO 4.3 M PART 2 SYNOPSIS AT 151800UTC LOW 974 HPA 81N 023E MOVING N/E 25 KMH DEEPENING HIGH 1031 HPA 62N 055E MOVING E 5 KMH HIGH 1035 HPA 66N 097E MOVING S S/E 10 KMH ICE AT 151200UTC YERMAK PLATEAU-LITKE TROUGH-BANKS N NORDAUSTLANDET-NANSEN BASIN ICE N TO 8009N 00737E, 8026N 01046E, 8049N 01601E, 8049N 01605E, 8049N 01607E, 8123N 01918E, 8126N 01940E, 8131N 02742E, 8131N 03000E. 01020-17010-17040 ICE N TO 8131N 03000E, 8130N 03126E, 8147N 03442E, 8124N 04000E, 8121N 04036E, 8138N 04507E, 8137N 05054E, 8151N 05214E, 8204N 06229E, 8155N 06549E, 8217N 06932E, 8216N 07000E, 8200N 07548E, 8214N 08308E, 8159N 08859E, 8148N 09525E. 17040-17230-17110-17120 ICE NE TO 8148N 09525E, 8145N 09554E, 8112N 10016E, 7944N 10452E, 7906N 10742E, 7900N 10830E, 7856N 10900E, 7749N 11554E, 7727N 12148E, 7726N 12338E, 7658N 12453E. 17120 ICE S TO 7658N 12453E, 7705N 12138E, 7649N 11944E, 7653N 11622E. 17120 ICE E TO 7653N 11622E, 7614N 11743E, 7537N 11704E. 17120 ICE N TO 7537N 11704E, 7524N 12036E, 7550N 12219E, 7626N 12323E, 7627N 12500E. 17230 ICE W TO 8050N 09730E, 8104N 09714E, 8115N 09554E. 17040 ICE E TO 8115N 09503E, 8101N 09253E, 8044N 09215E, 8038N 09249E. 17100 ICE E TO 7352N 08621E, 7416N 08603E. 17100 ICE SE TO 7613N 09832E, 7624N 09832E, 7627N 09856E. 17100 ICE E TO 7628N 10024E, 7643N 10033E, 7651N 10051E. 17110 ICE SE TO 7659N 10100E, 7703N 10112E. 17110-17120 ICE S TO 7728N 10555E, 7730N 10649E, 7718N 10804E, 7652N 10840E, 7651N 10900E, 7642N 11337E, 7609N 11624E. 17120 ICE W TO 7609N 11624E, 7504N 11602E, 7448N 11410E, 7448N 11216E, 7431N 11226E. 17120-17140 ICE S TO 7426N 11325E, 7422N 11341E, 7422N 11343E, 7344N 11408E, 7353N 11618E, 7349N 11948E, 7311N 12121E, 7310N 12259E. 17140 ICE E TO 7310N 12259E, 7344N 12302E. 17140 ICE S TO 7344N 12302E, 7402N 12419E, 7400N 12500E. PART 3 FORECAST FROM 151800UTC TO 161800UTC 01010, 01110, 01120 WINDS S S/W 17 MS TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN PRECIPITATION 1 TO 2 KM SOMETIMES PRECIPITATION SEAS 2.5 TO 4.5 M 01020 WINDS S S/W 17 TO 18 MS FROM 160600UTC TO 161800UTC S/E E 10 TO 15 MS TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES VIS 6 TO 10 KM SOMETIMES RAIN SEAS 3.5 TO 5.5 M 01100 WINDS S S/W 17 TO 22 MS TEMP PLUS 4 TO PLUS 8 DEGREES VIS 6 TO 10 KM IN PRECIPITATION 1 TO 2 KM SOMETIMES PRECIPITATION SEAS 3.5 TO 5.5 M FROM 160900UTC TO 161800UTC 6.0 TO 8.0 M 01130 WINDS S/W S 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY RAIN SEAS 1.1 TO 1.6 M 01140 WINDS S/W S 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 1.3 TO 1.5 M 01240 WINDS S/W 17 TO 22 MS TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES VIS 6 TO 10 KM LOCALLY RAIN SEAS 1.5 TO 3.0 M 01250 WINDS S/W 17 TO 22 MS TEMP PLUS 2 TO PLUS 7 DEGREES VIS 6 TO 10 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 2.0 TO 3.5 M FROM 161200UTC TO 161800UTC 4.0 TO 5.5 M 17021, 17023 WINDS S/W S 11 TO 16 MS AFTER 160600UTC GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION SEAS 1.3 TO 2.1 M AFTER 160600UTC 1.5 TO 2.3 M 17022 WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 160900UTC GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION SEAS 1.1 TO 2.1 M AFTER 160900UTC 1.5 TO 2.5 M 17024 WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 161200UTC GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION SEAS 0.6 TO 1.6 M AFTER 161200UTC 0.7 TO 1.8 M 17030 WINDS S/W S 11 TO 16 MS AFTER 160000UTC GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN PRECIPITATION 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 1.8 TO 2.6 M AFTER 160000UTC 2.0 TO 2.8 M 17040 WINDS W S/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS TEMP MINUS 4 TO PLUS 1 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN PRECIPITATION 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 1.8 TO 2.9 M 17050 WINDS S/W S 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION SEAS 1.8 TO 2.6 M 17061 WINDS S/W W 11 TO 16 MS AFTER 160600UTC GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN PRECIPITATION 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 1.1 TO 2.1 M AFTER 160600UTC 1.3 TO 2.3 M 17062 WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 161200UTC GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION SEAS 1.3 TO 2.3 M AFTER 161200UTC 1.5 TO 2.5 M 17063 WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 160300UTC GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN PRECIPITATION 0.5 TO 1.0 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 1.1 TO 2.1 M AFTER 160300UTC 1.3 TO 2.3 M 17064 WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 161200UTC GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION SEAS 0.7 TO 1.3 M AFTER 161200UTC 0.8 TO 1.4 M 17071 WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 161200UTC GUSTS TO 18 MS TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 0.8 TO 1.2 M AFTER 161200UTC 0.9 TO 1.3 M 17072 WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 161500UTC GUSTS TO 18 MS TEMP MINUS 1 TO PLUS 4 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 0.8 TO 1.3 M AFTER 161500UTC 1.0 TO 1.6 M 17073 WINDS S/W W 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 161500UTC GUSTS TO 18 MS TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 0.7 TO 1.4 M AFTER 161500UTC 0.9 TO 1.7 M 17090 WINDS S/W S 9 TO 14 MS AFTER 161500UTC GUSTS TO 18 MS TEMP 0 TO PLUS 5 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 0.7 TO 1.3 M AFTER 161500UTC 0.9 TO 1.6 M 17100 WINDS W S/W 10 TO 15 MS FROM 152100UTC TO 160600UTC W S/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 MS AFTER 160600UTC S/W 10 TO 15 MS AFTER 161200UTC S/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS TEMP MINUS 2 TO PLUS 3 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY WEAK PRECIPITATION SEAS 1.3 TO 2.3 M FROM 152100UTC TO 160600UTC 1.5 TO 2.5 M AFTER 160600UTC 0.5 TO 1.0 M 17110 WINDS W S/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS TEMP 0 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES VIS 4 TO 9 KM LOCALLY WEAK SNOW SEAS 1.3 TO 2.1 M 17120 WINDS W S/W 11 TO 16 MS AFTER 160300UTC GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS TEMP MINUS 2 TO MINUS 7 DEGREES VIS 4 TO 9 KM IN SNOW 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY SNOW 17130 WINDS S/W 11 TO 16 MS AFTER 160300UTC GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 6 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM LOCALLY WEAK SNOW SEAS 0.8 TO 1.4 M AFTER 160300UTC 0.9 TO 1.5 M 17140 WINDS W 11 TO 16 MS AFTER 160300UTC W S/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 6 DEGREES VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 1.7 TO 3.1 M AFTER 160300UTC 2.2 TO 4.0 M 17151 WINDS W 11 TO 16 MS AFTER 160300UTC W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 6 DEGREES VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 2.0 TO 3.8 M AFTER 160300UTC 2.5 TO 4.7 M 17152 WINDS N/W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS AFTER 152100UTC W 11 TO 16 MS AFTER 160300UTC W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS TEMP 0 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 2.1 TO 3.9 M AFTER 152100UTC 1.5 TO 2.8 M AFTER 160300UTC 2.0 TO 3.6 M 17153 WINDS W S/W 11 TO 16 MS AFTER 160600UTC W S/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 18 TO 23 MS TEMP 0 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 1.5 TO 2.7 M AFTER 160600UTC 1.9 TO 3.5 M 17154 WINDS W N/W 7 TO 12 MS GUSTS 17 TO 18 MS AFTER 152100UTC W 11 TO 16 MS C AFTER 160600UTC W S/W 10 TO 15 MS GUSTS 20 TO 25 MS TEMP 0 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 2.1 TO 3.9 M AFTER 152100UTC 1.5 TO 2.8 M AFTER 160600UTC 2.2 TO 4.0 M 17230 WINDS S/W W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 17 TO 22 MS AFTER 160300UTC S/W W 11 TO 16 MS GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS TEMP MINUS 2 TO MINUS 7 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN SNOW 1 TO 2 KM LOCALLY SNOW SEAS 2.0 TO 3.0 M AFTER 160300UTC 2.2 TO 3.2 M 17241 WINDS W S/W 6 TO 11 MS AFTER 161200UTC W S/W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS TO 15 MS TEMP MINUS 11 TO MINUS 16 DEGREES AFTER 152000UTC MINUS 8 TO MINUS 13 DEGREES AFTER 160000UTC MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 DEGREES AFTER 160600UTC MINUS 2 TO MINUS 7 DEGREES AFTER 161200UTC 0 TO MINUS 5 DEGREES VIS 3 TO 8 KM IN SNOWSTORM LESS 1 KM SOMETIMES SNOW SNOWSTORM 17243 WINDS N/W 9 TO 14 MS GUSTS 19 TO 24 MS AFTER 160600UTC W 8 TO 13 MS GUSTS 17 TO 20 MS TEMP MINUS 1 TO MINUS 6 DEGREES VIS 4 TO 6 KM LOCALLY PRECIPITATION SEAS 2.5 TO 4.7 M AFTER 160600UTC 2.3 TO 4.3 M NNNN