Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 19.03.2024 at 12


Warning
Occasional gusts of NE and N winds 35-45, at night at foot of Velebit and in the South Adriatic up to 55 knots.
Synopsis
A ridge of high is intensifying across the Adriatic from the North.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
NE and N winds, still during the afternoon towards the open sea also NW wind 8-18, locally up to 22 knots, towards late in the day and at night increasing to 12-24, at foot of Velebit and in the South Adriatic locally up to 28 knots. Westwards the Istria calm or variable winds 4-12 knots, at night NE wind 6-16 knots. The sea 2-3, late in the day 3-4. Visibility 10-20 km, westwards the Istria possibly can be reduced to about 5 km due to mist. Mostly clear skies, in the South Adriatic gradual clearing up but still initially with possibility of some scattered rain.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Moderate to strong, at foot of Velebit and in the South Adriatic locally of near gale force NE wind, during the forenoon will be decreasing to light and moderate, in the far South to fresh. The sea slight and moderate, during the morning calming to smooth and slight, only in the far south moderate. Mostly clear skies.
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