Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 08.10.2020 at 06


Warning
In the South, most of the day also in the Central Adriatic probable gusts of NE and NW winds 35-60 knots, still initially at the foot of Velebit of NE wind 35-40 knots. In places in the open of the South and of a part of the Central Adriatic sea probably 5. Still only initially a chance of isolated thunderstorms in the far south of the Adriatic.
Synopsis
A ridge of high is intensifying from the west across the Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
NW, along the coast also NE 6-16, still initially at the foot of Velebit up to 22 knots, in the Central and South Adriatic 12-24, locally up to 32 knots, in the afternoon and late in the day decreasing to 4-12 knots in the North Adriatic and to 8-18 knots in a part of the Central Adriatic. Sea 2-3, in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic 3-4, still during the day possibly 4-5 in the open. Visibility 10-20 km. Mostly clear whereas still only initially variable cloudiness with possible rain showers and thunder locally in the far south of the Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Mostly clear, in the North Adriatic mist in place. In the North Adriatic calm or with light N wind and the sea calm or smooth. Elsewhere light to moderate, in the South and in a small part of the Central Adriatic moderate to strong NW and NE and the sea smooth to slight, in the open also 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