Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 07.09.2020 at 06


Warning
Gusts of NE wind intensifying to 35-45 knots in the North Adriatic, late in the day also in a part of the Central Adriatic and in the second part of the night in places southwards, in the evening up to 60 knots at the foot of Velebit as well. A chance of light isolated thunderstorms, mainly in the North Adriatic and in the open sea. In the morning still a chance of fog in the Central and South Adriatic.
Synopsis
A ridge of high is intensifying from the northwest while a weakened frontal system is shifting with its major part more northwards the Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
In the North Adriatic NE and E winds 8-18, locally up to 22 knots, towards evening still intensifying while southwards mostly SE wind 4-14 knots. Sea intensifying to 2-3. Visibility 10-20 km, still in the morning in places possibly reduced to about 5 km due to mist but in the Central and South Adriatic there is a low risk to be reduced to less than 1 km due to fog. Mostly clear while variable cloudiness and a chance of rain showers and thunder in the North Adriatic and in the open sea.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
NE wind further on intensifying to moderate to strong, at the foot of Velebit to near gale force as well and it will be spreading from the North to a part of the Central Adriatic, then in the second part of the night also more southwards. Sea smooth to slight, in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic moderate as well. Still variable cloudiness and a chance of rain showers and thunder in the open sea.
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