Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 15.11.2021 at 06


Warning
Gusts of SE and E winds, 35-40 knots, in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic, at the end of the day and in the night also elsewhere along the coast, gusts of NE winds, 35-45 knots, in the Velebit Channel up to 55. Local thunderstorms.
Synopsis
A shallow high lays over the Adriatic and over the Mediterranean a low is stationary.
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, 10-20 knots, locally up to 24, around middy decreasing, during the night increasing again and along the coast locally turning to Bora. In the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic Bora, 12-24 knots, in the Velebit Channel up to 28. Sea 2-3, in the open and in the Velebit Channel 3-4. Visibility 10-20 km. Variably cloudy, locally rain, showers and thunder, mainly in the open sea.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Moderate to fresh, in the North Adriatic in places strong, in the Velebit Channel very strong Bora, in the open sea of the South and partly of the Central Adriatic moderate to strong SE and E winds. Sea slight, in the open and in the Velebit Channel moderate. Variably cloudy, locally rain, showers and thunder, mainly in the open sea.
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