Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 11.10.2021 at 06


Warning
Local gusts of NE wind whereas in the open of the Central and South Adriatic of N and NW winds 35-45 knots, locally in the North Adriatic up to 55 and in the Velebit Channel reaching up to 75 knots but slightly decreasing in the second part of the day. Initially the sea 5 locally in the North Adriatic. Still today a risk of isolated thunderstorms locally in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic.
Synopsis
The field of high is stationary across the Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
In the North and Central Adriatic NE wind 14-28, up to 32 in the North Adriatic and up to 45 knots in the Velebit Channel whereas in the open of the Central Adriatic N and NW winds 14-28 knots and in the South Adriatic W and SW winds 12-24 knots. Towards late in the day winds will be slightly decreasing. The sea 3-4, initially 5 locally in the North Adriatic but calming towards late in the day. Visibility 10-20 km. Variably cloudy with scattered rain and with isolated rain showers and thunder in the Central and South Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Moderate to strong NE wind, also of near gale force in the Velebit Channel whereas in the open of the Central and South Adriatic moderate to strong N and NW winds. The sea slight and moderate locally in the open but during the night will be calming to smooth to slight along the coast. Variably cloudy with scattered rain and isolated rain showers, in the South Adriatic also thunder whereas temporary clearing up during the night.
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