Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 23.04.2024 at 12


Warning
In the North and still initially in the far south of the Adriatic occasional gusts of NE wind whereas at night and in the morning in the open sea of the South and of a part of the Central Adriatic of SW and W winds 35-45 knots. A risk of light isolated thunderstorms.
Synopsis
Some shallow lows with frontal systems will be gradually shifting from the Ionian and LIgurian Seas across the Adriatic to the northeast.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
In the North and still initially in the far south of the Adriatic NE wind 10-20, in the North Adriatic locally up to 28 knots but in the evening will decrease and in the open sea turn to SW wind 8-18 knots. In the South and Central Adriatic SE wind will turn to NW 10-20 knots and in the evening SW wind will increase to 14-28 knots in the open sea. The sea 2-3, locally 4, particularly in the open. Visibility 10-20 km but will be locally reduced to about 5 km due to rain. Variably cloudy with scattered rain and also likely rain showers with thunder.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Light to fresh NW wind whereas in the open sea of the South and of a part of the Central Adriatic moderate to strong SW and W winds. In the far north of the Adriatic light to fresh NE wind. The sea smooth to slight, in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic moderate. 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