Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 03.10.2020 at 06


Warning
Gusts of SE wind 35-50, in the course of the day up to 60 knots in places whereas in the afternoon in the North, at night also in the Central Adriatic gusts of SW and NW winds 35-40 knots. Sea 5 in places, towards late in the day possibly 6 in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic. A risk of isolated thunderstorms.
Synopsis
A trough with a frontal system has approached from the northwest to the Adriatic and towards late in the day and at night it is expected to be shifting further on towards the east.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
SE wind 18-36, locally up to 40 knots, in the afternoon and late in the day in the North Adriatic decreasing and turning to SW wind 14-24 knots. Sea 4-5, towards late in the day in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic possibly 6 in places. Visibility 10-20 km. Variably cloudy with scattered rain or rain showers with thunder whereas from midday in the North Adriatic a risk of more intense rain showers with thunder followed by abundant precipitation.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Strong to gale force SE wind, in the North, then also in the Central Adriatic, towards morning in a part of the South Adriatic decreasing and turning to moderate to strong SW, in the Central Adriatic also NW wind. Sea moderate and rough whereas in the South, still today also in a part of the Central Adriatic possibly very rough, then from the middle of the night in the North Adriatic slight and moderate. Variably cloudy with scattered rain or rain showers with thunder in the North, then also in the Central Adriatic a risk of more intense rain showers with thunder followed by abundant precipitation.
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