Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 16.07.2020 at 12


Warning
LOCAL GUSTS OF NE WINDS 35-45 KNOTS IN THE NORTH ADRIATIC TOMORROW MORNING. A CHANCE OF LIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTH ADRIATIC IN THE SECOND PART OF THE NIGHT AND IN A PART OF THE CENTRAL TOMORROW MORNING.
Synopsis
The trough with frontal system is slowly approaching the Adriatic from the northwest.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
In the North Adriatic SE and SW winds 4-12, turning during the night to NE 8-18, in places up to 22, and in the rest of the Adriatic NW, in the afternoon SW winds, 6-14 knots. Sea 2. Visibility 20 km. Mostly clear, but becoming variably cloudy along the coast of the North Adriatic in the afternoon, giving a chance for isolated rain showers and thunder.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Light to moderate NW winds, in the North, tomorrow morning in a part of the Central Adriatic as well, moderate to fresh NE. Sea smooth, locally up to slight. Heavier cloud increase with scattered rain, isolated rain showers and thunder, firstly in the North, tomorrow morning in a part of the Central Adriatic 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