Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 27.10.2020 at 12


Warning
IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH ADRIATIC LOCAL GUSTS OF SE WINDS 35-45 KNOTS, EASING IN THE AFTERNOON, FIRSTLY IN THE CENTRAL PART. IN THE OPEN OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH ADRIATIC TOMORROW MORNING GUSTS OF NW WINDS 35-40 KNOTS. FOG PATCHES IN THE EXTREME NORTH OF THE ADRIATIC THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
Synopsis
The low with frontal system is shifting across the Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
In the North Adriatic SW, along the coast NE winds, 6-16 knots. Elsewhere SE winds 15-25, gradually easing and turning in a part of the Central Adriatic to NE and NW 10-20 knots. Sea 2-3, locally in the Central and South Adriatic up to 4. Visibility 10-20 km. Variably cloudy with rain, isolated rain showers and thunder.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
In the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic light to moderate NE and NW, in the open sea NW winds strengthening up to fresh. In the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic up to fresh SE winds, turning to NW. Visibility 10-20, in places in the far north of the Adriatic less than 1 km due to fog. Sea slight, locally up to moderate. Partly clear with occasional cloud increase and a chance of scattered rain or isolated rain showers, mainly in the Central and South 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