Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 22.02.2020 at 06


Warning
LOCAL GUSTS OF NE WINDS 35-50 KNOTS, EASING DURING THE FORENOON, EXCEPT IN THE EXTREME SOUTH, WHERE REMAINING TILL THE EVENING.
Synopsis
The field of high pressure lies over the Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
NE winds 8-18, in places up to 22, in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic, and in the Velebit Channel up to 26 knots, easing gradually and turning around midday to NW winds 4-14, toward the open sea up to 18, and in the North Adriatic to SE and E 4-12 knots. Sea 2-3, in the open of the southern part 3-4, calming in the North Adriatic from midday to 1-2. Visibility above 20 km. Variably cloudy in the North and mostly clear in the rest of the Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Light to moderate NE and NW, in the North Adriatic SE and SW winds, up to fresh only in the southern part at first. Sea smooth or slight, in the open of the southern part in the first part of the night still up to moderate. A chance of mist in the extreme north of the Adriatic. Cloud increase.
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