Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 10.01.2021 at 12


Warning
In the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic gusts of NE wind reaching 35-60, locally in the Velebit Channel up to 80 knots, elsewhere 35-40 knots whereas in the extreme south gusts SW wind 35-40 knots. The sea locally 5. A chance of isolated thunderstorms in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic.
Synopsis
The Adriatic is under the influence of the low from the south and the high from the north whereas upper-level cold and humid air is approaching.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
In the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic NE wind 16-32, locally in the Velebit Channel up to 40 knots, elsewhere NE 8-16 knots whereas in the far south SW wind 14-24, late in the day up to 32 knots. Sea 3-4, locally in the North and South Adriatic 4-5. Visibility 10 km. Cloudy with scattered rain, isolated rain showers and thunder, late in the day also with abundant precipitation, mostly in the southern part.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
In the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic strong and of near gale force NE wind, in the Velebit Channel also of gale force whereas in the remaining part of the Adriatic moderate to strong NE, towards the open sea also NW wind. Sea slight and moderate, locally in the North Adriatic also rough. Visibility 10 km. Cloudy with scattered rain, isolated rain showers and thunder, initially also with abundant precipitation in the South Adriatic but during forenoon the precipitation will gradually cease.
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