Offshore wave forecasts in the Levantine Basin and the Mediterranean

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Wave, winds and swell forecast for a period of 108 hours from the current date.

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(based on wind fields provided by SKIRON weather forecasting system)

Wind Force

Beaufort Scale		Velocity
Symbol	Name	m/sec	Knots
0	Calm	0 – 0.2	0 - 1
1	Light Air	0.3 – 1.5	1 – 3
2	Light Breeze	1.6 – 3.3	4 – 6
3	Gentle Breeze	3.4 – 5.4	7 – 10
4	Moderate Breeze	5.5 – 7.9	11 – 16
5	Fresh Breeze	8.0 – 10.7	17 – 21
6	Strong Breeze	10.8 – 13.8	22 – 27
7	Near Gale	13.9 – 17.1	28 – 33
8	Gale	17.2 – 20.7	34 – 40
9	Strong Gale	20.8 – 24.4	41 – 47
10	Storm	24.5 – 28.4	48 – 55
11	Violent Storm	28.5 – 32.6	56 – 63
12	Hurricane	32.7 - >	64 - >

Sea Condition

Symbol	Name	Wave height (m)
0	Calm (glassy)	0
1	Calm (rippled)	0.0 - 0.1
2	Smooth (wavelets)	0.1 – 0.5
3	Slight	0.5 – 1.25
4	Moderate	1.25 – 2.5
5	Rough	2.5 – 4.0
6	Very Rough	4.0 – 6.0
7	High	6.0 – 9.0
8	Very High	9.0 – 14.0
9	Phenomenal	14.0 - >