Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 03.01.2021 at 06


Warning
IN THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL ADRIATIC LOCAL GUSTS OF SE WINDS 35-45 KNOTS. SEA LOCALLY IN THE SOUTH ADRIATIC UP TO 5 AT FIRST. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
Synopsis
The low lies over the central Mediterranean and it will be slowly filling up.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
SE winds 10-20, in the Central Adriatic up to 26, in the South up to 32, easing west and north of Istria to 4-12, elsewhere to 10-20, while in the far south of the Adriatic SE winds still reaching 15-30 knots. Sea 3-4, in the South Adriatic still 4-5 at first. Visibility 10-20 km. Variably or mainly cloudy with scattered rain, isolated rain showers and thunder, particularly in the south of the Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Variably or mainly cloudy with scattered rain, isolated rain showers and thunder, particularly in the south of the Adriatic. Light to fresh SE winds, dying away in the open sea of the North and of a part of the Central Adriatic. North of Istria light NE winds. Sea slight and moderate, in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic calming to smooth and slight, locally in the South Adriatic still up to rough.
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