Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 09.11.2021 at 12


Warning
In the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic initially local gusts of SE winds, 35-40 kn, during the night and in the morning gusts of NE winds, 35-45 knots. Elsewhere local gusts of NE winds, 35-50 knots, in the Velebit Channel up to 60, diminishing tomorrow forenoon. Initially a small chance of thunderstorms, mainly in the open sea.
Synopsis
From the North a ridge of high is building up and a low is shifting slowly towards Southeast.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
In the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic SE and E winds, 12-24 kn, in the afternoon turning to Bora, 6-16 knots, at the end of the day up to 22. Elsewhere Bora, 12-24 knots, in the North Adriatic up to 28, in the Velebit Channel up to 36. Sea 3-4. Visibility 10-20 km. Mostly cloudy, initially a risk of rain, showers and thunder, in the afternoon the precipitations will cease gradually and partial clearing is to be expected.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Light to moderate Bora, during the night and in the morning strong, in the extreme South and in the Velebit Channel very strong Bora, in the afternoon in the Central and South Adriatic turning to light to moderate SE winds. Sea slight to moderate. Variably cloudy.
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