Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 28.05.2020 at 12


Warning
In the Central and South Adriatic local gusts of NW, at night and in the morning of NE winds 35-40, late in the day in northern part again of NE wind intensifying to 35-55 knots. A risk of light isolated thunderstorms, mostly in the afternoon along the coast of southern part, at night in the north.
Synopsis
A ridge of high is slowly becoming weaker and a weakened frontal system is shifting to the north of the Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
In the Central and South Adriatic NW wind intensifying to 12-26 knots, in the evening slightly diminishing and again turning to NE wind. In the North Adriatic SW and NW winds 4-14 knots, in the evening NE intensifying to 12-24, at the foot of Velebit up to 28 knots. Sea 2-3, in the afternoon 4 in places. Visibility 20 km. Fine to fair with a chance for slight rain or showers with thunder, mostly in the afternoon along the coast of southern part, at night in the north.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Moderate to strong NE wind, locally in northern part of near gale force. Sea smooth to slight, locally in the Velebit Channel moderate. Partially clear while in the North Adriatic variably cloudy with a chance for rain or local showers with thunder.
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