Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 11.07.2020 at 12


Warning
DURING THE NIGHT IN THE NORTH, TOMORROW IN THE REST OF THE ADRIATIC AS WELL, LOCAL GUSTS OF NE WINDS 35-45, IN THE NORTH OF THE ADRIATIC UP TO 55 AND IN THE VELEBIT CHANNEL UP TO 75 KNOTS. IN THE NORTH AND IN A PART OF THE CENTRAL ADRIATIC LATE IN THE DAY AND DURING THE NIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SEA POSSIBLY UP TO 5 IN THE NORTH ADRIATIC TOMORROW.
Synopsis
The trough with cold front has approached the Adriatic from the northwest.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
SE and SW winds 4-14 knots. Late in the day and during the night in the North, around the middle of the night in a part of the Central Adriatic NE winds strengthening to 15-30, in the Velebit Channel up to 40 knots. Sea 1-2, in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic during the night increasing to 3-4. Visibility 10-20 km. Mostly clear, but late in the day and during the night in the North, around the middle of the night in a part of the Central Adriatic mainly cloudy with rain, isolated rain showers and thunder.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Clearing, but in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic during the night still a chance of rain, isolated rain showers and thunder. Light to fresh, in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic up to near gale, and in the Velebit Channel up to gale force NE winds. Sea slight and moderate, in the North 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