Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 03.03.2020 at 06


Warning
LOCAL GUSTS OF SW WINDS 35-40, IN THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL ADRIATIC AT FIRST OF SE 35-55 KNOTS, EASING LATER ON. IN THE NORTH ADRIATIC FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT LOCAL GUSTS OF NE WINDS 35-45 KNOTS. SEA LOCALLY UP TO 5. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
Synopsis
The trough with frontal system is slowly shifting across the Adriatic eastwards.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
SW winds 8-18, in places at first still up to 24 knots. In the South and Central Adriatic at first SE winds 18-38 knots, easing later on. Sea 3-4, in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic up to 5, calming to 2-3, in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic to 4. Visibility 10-20 km. Variably and mainly cloudy with scattered rain, isolated rain showers and thunder, particularly in the south of the Adriatic during the forenoon.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Variably cloudy with scattered rain, isolated rain showers and thunder. Light to fresh SE and SW, in the open sea NW winds. In the North Adriatic from the middle of the night moderate to strong NE winds. Sea slight and moderate.
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