Weather Forecast North East West passage -20 July- day 7
General situation: at this moment a low pressure center is positioned off the West coast of Nova Zembla and tracks further East. A weak high pressure develops over the Southern parts of the Barents Sea.
The most important feature for the next few days will be the deepening depression, coming in from Northern Finland, hitting the Barentz Sea on Thursday night, tracking towards the South of Nove Zembla on Friday. At this stage the worst part of this storm is expected on Friday afternoon with possibly 50kt average winds.

Day 1: 20 July
Position: around Kirkenes: 69.730/30.015
Weather: alternating sunny spells with cloudy periods with rain showers
Wind: from Westerly dirctions 260-280° 5-10kt (3-5ms), no significant change. After 21utc becoming weak from variable directions.

Day 2: 21 July
Position: from 69.730/30.015  to 68.986/32.937
Weather: variable cloudiness with showery outbreaks. After 15/18utc increasing and thickening cloudiness followed by rain.
Wind: from variable directions less than 5kt, after 9/12utc turning to the NE: first 020-040°4-8kt (2-4ms) later 050-070°8-13kt (4-6ms)

Day 3: 22 July
Position: around Murmansk 68.986/32.937
Weather: overcast with rain or rain showers
Wind: East 070-090° 8-13kt becoming 12-16kt (6-8ms). Later significant difference between conditions overland and over sea. Over land SSW 10-15kt (5-8ms), over sea 20-25kt (10-13ms). The following night further increasing over sea up to 30-40kt (15-20ms), later during the day (23/07) even up to 40-50kt (20-25ms).

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