Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 26.02.2020 at 12


Warning
LOCAL GUSTS OF SE and SW, TOWARD THE END OF THE DAY AND DURING THE NIGHT OF N and NW, ALONG THE COAST OF THE NORTH ADRIATIC BRIEFLY OF NE WINDS, 35-45, LOCALLY IN THE OPEN DURING THE NIGHT UP TO 55 KNOTS. SEA LOCALLY IN THE OPEN UP TO 5. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
Synopsis
The trough with cold front will be shifting rapidly across the Adriatic further southeastwards.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
SE and SW winds 12-28, in places of the South Adriatic up to 32 knots, turning toward the end of the day and during the night to NW and N, firstly in the North Adriatic, where NE wind is also possible, strengthening in the open during the night to 18-36 knots. Sea 3-4, locally in the open possibly up to 5. Visibility 10-20 km. Mainly cloudy with scattered rain, isolated rain showers and thunder.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Mainly cloudy with scattered rain and isolated rain showers with thunder. Partial clearing is expected in the North Adriatic before the morning and in the Central during the forenoon. Moderate to strong, in the open sea up to near gale force and gale force N and NW, and along the coast of the North Adriatic briefly up to strong NE winds. In the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic in the morning winds will ease and turn to light to fresh SW, then to SE. Sea slight and moderate, toward the open sea up to rough.
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