Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 14.09.2024 at 12


Warning
Occasional gusts of NW and N, locally along the coast also of NE wind and in the far south of the Adriatic the gusts of SW and W winds 35-50 knots. Isolated thunderstorms and the sea 5.
Synopsis
There is a vast low across the Adriatic while a high is intensifying from the west at surface layer.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
NW and N winds, in the far south of the Adriatic SW and W winds 14-28, locally up to 32 knots and locally along the coast NE wind 14-28 knots. The sea 3-4, in places 5, particularly in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic. Visibility 10-20 km but could be locally reduced to about 5 km due to rain. Variably cloudy with scattered rain and rain showers with thunder, mainly in the open sea.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Moderate to strong, locally near gale NW and N winds, in the far south of the Adriatic SW and W and locally along the coast moderate to strong NE wind. The sea slight and moderate, in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic possibly also rough, particularly in the open. Variably cloudy with scattered rain and also likely rain showers with thunder. Visibility could be locally reduced due to rain.
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