Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 29.05.2020 at 12


Warning
Locally in the Velebit Channel gusts of NE wind 35-45 knots, late in the day in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic gusts of NE intensifying to 35-45, in the Velebit Channel up to 55 knots. Light isolated thunderstorms in places.
Synopsis
The field of high is slowly becoming weaker over the Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
NE turning to NW wind 6-16, locally up to 20 knots, in the Velebit Channel NE up to 22 knots, late in the day along the coast again NE 6-16, in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic up to 22, in the Velebit Channel up to 28 knots. Sea 2-3, in the course of the night at the foot of Velebit 3-4. Visibility 20 km. Variable cloudiness in places and a chance for rain or showers with thunder.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Mostly moderate NE and NW winds, locally in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic strong NE, midday slightly diminishing. Sea smooth to slight, possibly moderate at the foot of Velebit. Variably cloudy with a chance for rain and showers with thunder, particularly in the South and Central Adriatic.
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