Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 26.02.2020 at 06


Warning
LOCAL GUSTS OF SE and SW, THEN OF W, IN THE EVENING OF NW WINDS, 35-45, LOCALLY IN THE OPEN TOWARD THE END OF THE DAY UP TO 50 KNOTS. SEA LOCALLY IN THE OPEN POSSIBLY UP TO 5, MAINLY IN THE SECOND PART OF THE DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
Synopsis
The cold front is shifting across the Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
SE, in the North Adriatic SW winds, 12-26, in places of the South Adriatic up to 30, turning firstly to SW and W, in the afternoon and in the evening to NW winds, firstly in the North Adriatic, strengthening in the open sea to 20-36 knots. Sea 3-4, locally in the open possibly up to 5, mainly in the second part of the day. Visibility 10-20 km. Fair or mainly cloudy with scattered rain, occasional rain showers with thunder, mainly along the coast, firstly in the North Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Mainly cloudy with scattered rain, isolated rain showers and thunder, particularly along the coast. Precipitation ceasing gradually and cloud breaking in the North Adriatic in the evening and during the night. Moderate to strong, in the South Adriatic up to near gale force SW, turning to NW winds, strengthening possibly late in the day and during the night up to gale force. Sea slight and moderate, in the open sea of the Central and South Adriatic possibly up to rough.
PMC - Split

Douglas scale
State of the sea Description Waves average height (m)
0 calm (glassy) 0
1 calm (rippled) 0 - 0.1
2 smooth 0.1 - 0.5
3 slight 0.5 - 1.2
4 moderate 1.25 - 2.5
5 rough 2.5 - 4
6 very rough 4 - 6
7 high 6 - 9
8 very high 9 - 14
9 phenomenal > 14

Beaufort scale
Wind speed Waves height
km/h m/s kt mph m ft
0 Bf calm < 1 0 - 0.2 < 1 < 1 - -
1 Bf light air 1 - 5 0.3 - 1.5 1 - 3 1-3 0.1 (0.1) 0.25 (0.25)
2 Bf light breeze 6 - 11 1.6 - 3.3 4 - 6 4 - 7 0.2 (0.3) 0.5 (1)
3 Bf gentle breeze 12 - 19 3.4 - 5.4 7 - 10 8 - 12 0.6 (1) 2 (3)
4 Bf moderate breeze 20 - 28 5.5 - 7.9 11 - 16 13 - 18 1 (1.5) 3.5 (5)
5 Bf fresh breeze 29 - 38 8.0 - 10.7 17 - 21 19 - 24 2 (2.5) 6 (8.5)
6 Bf strong breeze 39 - 49 10.8 - 13.8 22 - 27 25 - 31 3 (4) 9.5 (13)
7 Bf near gale 50 - 61 13.9 - 17.1 28 - 33 32 - 38 4 (5.5) 13.5 (19)
8 Bf gale 62 - 74 17.2 - 20.7 34 - 40 39 - 46 5.5 (7.5) 18 (25)
9 Bf strong gale 75 - 88 20.8 - 24.4 41 - 47 47 - 54 7 (10) 23 (32)
10 Bf storm 89 - 102 24.5 - 28.4 48 - 55 55 - 63 9 (12.5) 29 (41)
11 Bf violent storm 103 - 117 28.5 - 32.6 56 - 63 64 - 72 11.5 (16) 37 (52)
12 Bf hurricane >= 118 >= 32.7 >= 64 >= 73 14 (-) 45 (-)

Adriatic sub-basins