Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 23.10.2020 at 06


Warning
A risk of fog locally in the North Adriatic, mostly still in the morning. From the middle of the night a risk of light isolated thunderstorms in the north of the Adriatic.
Synopsis
The field of high is slowly becoming weaker across the Adriatic and late in the day and at night the approaching of a cold front is expected from the northwest.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
Calm or with variable winds 4-10 knots, in the North Adriatic, till late in the day also elsewhere SE wind increasing to 6-16, towards late in the day and at night up to 20 knots locally in the North Adriatic. Sea 1-2, from the midday intensifying to 2-3 in the North Adriatic. Visibility 10-20 km, in the morning reduced to about 4 km due to mist and in places in the North Adriatic possibly reduced to less than 1 km due to fog. Mostly clear whereas in the North Adriatic variably cloudy with scattered rain, mostly in a broader area of Rijeka.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Gradual more intense cloud increase, first in the North Adriatic, from the middle of the night with a chance of local rain and rain showers with thunder there. Light to moderate SE wind, locally in the North Adriatic also reinforced. Sea smooth to slight.
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