Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 07.10.2021 at 12


Warning
In the North and in a larger part of the Central Adriatic local gusts of NE wind 35-60, at the foot of Velebit reaching up to 80 knots whereas more southwards of SE and E winds 35-50 knots. The sea locally 5, mainly towards the open. Isolated thunderstorms.
Synopsis
The low shifting slowly to the south is still becoming a little bit deeper across the Adriatic whereas a ridge of high is intensifying from the north.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
In the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic SE and E winds 16-32, in the open sea up to 36 knots whereas in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic NE wind 16-32, in the Velebit Channel up to 42 knots. The sea 3-4, locally 5, mainly towards the open. Visibility 10-20 km. Mostly cloudy with scattered rain and isolated rain showers with thunder.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
In the North and in a larger part of the Central Adriatic moderate to strong, locally near gale NE wind and at the foot of Velebit Channel of gale force whereas more southwards remaining strong, locally also near gale SE and E winds. The sea slight and moderate, locally also rough. Variably cloudy with scattered rain and isolated rain showers with thunder.
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