Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Split on 19.03.2024 at 06


Warning
Occasional gusts of NE wind 35-45, at foot of Velebit and at night also in the South Adriatic up to 55 knots. Still initially risk of light isolated thunderstorms in the Central and South Adriatic. Initially in the far north risk of fog.
Synopsis
A shallow trough is shifting across the Adriatic to the southeast whereas a ridge of high is intensifying from the north.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
NE wind 12-22, at foot of Velebit up to 28 knots, in the afternoon briefly decreasing. In the open sea of the Central and South Adriatic also NW wind 10-20 knots. The sea 2-3, in the North Adriatic locally possibly 4. Visibility 10-20 km, westwards the Istria about 5 km due to mist but still initially in the far north there is a risk of being reduced to less than 1 km due to fog. Gradual clearing up, during the forenoon in the North and Central Adriatic, in the afternoon also southwards. Still initially in the Central and South Adriatic with scattered rain and rain showers with thunder.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Moderate to strong NE wind, at foot of Velebit and in the South Adriatic locally of near gale force. The sea slight and 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