Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 09.11.2021 at 06


Warning
In the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic initially local gusts of SE winds, 35-40 kn, at the end of the day gusts of NE winds, 35-50 knots, in the Velebit Channel up to 60, diminishing. Initially local thunderstorms.
Synopsis
The low from the Central Mediterranean extends its trough with a frontal system, while from the North a ridge of high is building up.
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, 12-24 kn, diminishing, in the afternoon Bora, 6-16 knots. Elsewhere Bora, 12-24 knots, in the North Adriatic up to 28, in the Velebit Channel up to 36, decreasing to 10-20 kn, in the North Adriatic to 24, in the Velebit Channel up to 30. Sea 3-4. Visibility 10-20 km. Mostly cloudy, locally rain, showers and thunder, especially in the Central Adriatic, in the afternoon the precipitations will cease and partial clearing is to be expected.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Variably cloudy. Light to moderate, in the North and South Adriatic locally fresh, in the extreme South and in the Velebit Channel moderate to near gale force Bora. Sea smooth to slight, in the North and South Adriatic locally moderate.
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