Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 28.09.2020 at 06


Warning
Isolated thunderstorms. Possible gusts of NW, in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic of SW winds 35-50 knots, decreasing during the day. Still in the morning sea 5 locally in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic.
Synopsis
The low centered across the Adriatic is shifting further on to the southeast.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
SW, still initially in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic W and NW winds 14-28, initially in the open up to 36 knots, during the day gradually decreasing to 4-14, in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic 12-22 knots. Sea 4-5, during the day diminishing to 3-4, in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic 2-3. Visibility 10-20 km. Variably cloudy with scattered rain, rain showers and thunder.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Variably cloudy with scattered rain, rain showers and thunder. Light to moderate SW wind, also reinforced in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic whereas still today also strong only in the far south of the Adriatic. In the second part of the night wind turning to light to moderate, in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic also reinforced NW. Sea smooth to slight, in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic 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