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Weather forecast for the Adriatic

WEATHER REPORT ISSUED BY THE MARINE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER SPLIT
ON 20.06.2013 AT 0600 HOURS

WARNING

NO WARNINGS ARE IN FORCE.

SYNOPSIS

A field of raised air pressure over the Adriatic is slowly weakening.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE ADRIATIC FOR THE FIRST 12 HOURS

Calm or NW and W winds 5-10, in the open of the South Adriatic up to 15 knots. In the North Adriatic calm or SE and SW winds 5-10, late in the day SW and W 5-15 knots. Sea 1-2, in the open of the South Adriatic 2-3. Visibility 10-20, but in places around 5 km due to mist, mainly in the North Adriatic. Mostly clear and hot.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS

Light, mainly NW, in the North Adriatic up to moderate SW and W winds, in the open briefly up to fresh. Sea smooth, in the open of the North Adriatic up to slight. Mostly clear.

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 0.5-1.25

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(-)