Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 15.05.2020 at 12


Warning
Still initially gusts of SE wind reaching 35-40 knots are possible in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic. From the middle of the night gusts of NE wind reaching 35-45 knots are possible in the North Adriatic, diminishimg tomorrow morning. A chance of light isolated thunderstorms in the North Adriatic.
Synopsis
A ridge of high is intensifying from the northwest while the frontal disturbance is mostly staying to the north of the Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
SE and SW, in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic temporarily also NW winds 10-20 knots, still initially in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic SE wind reaching up to 24 knots, gradually diminishing to 6-16 knots. From the middle of the night in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic wind turning to NE which will be intensifying to 6-16, in the North Adriatic 12-24 knots. Sea 2-3, still during the day in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic, in the second part of the night in the North Adriatic 3-4. Visibility 10-20 km. Variably cloudy with scattered rain in the North Adriatic and a chance of showers and thunder as well.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
In the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic light to moderate, in northern part up to strong NE wind, in the course of the morning diminishing to light, only in some places moderate. In the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic light to moderate SE wind, still at night towards the open sea SW, temporarily also NW wind, still diminishing a little in the morning. Sea smooth to slight, still at night locally in the North Adriatic possibly moderate. Variably cloudy with scattered rain in the North Adriatic and a chance of a shower and thunder.
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