Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 23.05.2020 at 06


Warning
From the middle of the night light isolated thunderstorms and gusts of NE wind intensifying to 35-45 knots are expected in the North Adriatic
Synopsis
A field of raised and almost equalized air pressure is staying over the Adriatic while at night a cold front is expected to be approaching from the northwest.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
In the North Adriatic calm or SE and SW winds 4-10, late in the day SE wind intensifying to 6-16 knots, at first towards the open sea. In the South and Central Adriatic calm or NW wind 4-12, midday along the coast mostly SW 4-14 knots. Sea 1-2, still initially 2-3 in the far south. Visibility 10-20 km. Mostly clear, midday moderate daily cloud increase along the coast while late in the day and at night in the North, then also in the Central Adriatic more intense cloud increase and from the middle of the night a risk of rain and showers with thunder in the North Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Mostly clear, late in the day and at night in the North, then also in the Central Adriatic more intense cloud increase and from the middle of the night a risk of rain and showers with thunder in the North Adriatic. In the North Adriatic light to moderate SE, at night towards the open sea temporarily also fresh SW, from the middle of the night turning to NE intensifying fast to moderate to strong. Elsewhere calm or with light wind, mostly W and SW, at night light to moderate SE, at first towards the open sea. Sea calm or smooth, at night in the North Adriatic intensifying to slight, early tomorrow in places possibly moderate as well.
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