Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 01.05.2020 at 12


Warning
At night local gusts of SW wind of about 35 knots in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic as well as in the open sea. Thunderstorms in places.
Synopsis
A trough with frontal disturbance is shifting very slowly over the Adriatic eastwards.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
SE, in the open and locally in the North Adriatic SW winds 4-14, intensifying to 10-20 knots, in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic and only in some places in the open up to 24 knots. Sea 2-3, in the middle of the night possibly 4 only in some places. Visibility 10-20 km. Still in the beginning variably cloudy with a low risk of rain, showers and thunder along the coast, mostly in the North Adriatic, then late in the day a new cloud increase followed by rain, showers and thunder, first in the North Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Rain, showers and thunder, then forenoon partial clearing up while midday variably cloudy with a risk of showers and thunder along the coast. Light to reinforced, in the beginning only in some places in the open strong SW wind while locally along the coast SE wind diminishing and turning to light to reinforced NW wind which will diminish to light in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic. Sea smooth to slight with a low risk of being moderate in the open.
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