Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 28.05.2020 at 06


Warning
In the Central and South Adriatic local gusts of NE, in the afternoon of NW winds while late in the day and at night in the North, then also in a part of the Central Adriatic of NE wind 35-45 knots. There is a low risk of light isolated thunderstorms, mostly midday in the South, at night in northern part of the Adriatic.
Synopsis
A ridge of high is slowly becoming weaker over the Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
NE, in the afternoon NW winds 4-14 knots, in the Central and South Adriatic 8-18, locally up to 26 knots. Sea 2-3, in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic 3-4, in the North Adriatic 1-2. Visibility 20 km. Fine to fair while in the South Adriatic midday and late in the day in the North Adriatic more clouds and a chance for slight rain or few showers with thunder, mostly along the coast.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Variably cloudy, in the North, still initially also along the coast of the South Adriatic a chance for slight rain or few showers with thunder, mostly along the coast. Light to moderate NW, locally in the South and Central Adriatic also strong turning to moderate, in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic also strong NE wind. Sea smooth to slight, still today in the open of the South and of a part of the Central Adriatic possibly moderate.
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