Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Department Split on 17.03.2026 at 06


Warning
Occasional gusts of NE and N, in the open sea of NW wind 35-50, in the North Adriatic up to 60, at the foot of Velebit up to 70, from the middle of the night up to 80 knots. Tomorrow occasional gusts of SE wind 35-40 knots in the South Adriatic. In the evening and at night the sea possibly 5 in the open of the North and Central Adriatic. A risk of isolated thunderstorms.
Synopsis
To the north of the Adriatic a frontal system is shifting to the east, a ridge of a high is intensifying from the north while a low with a frontal system keeps staying southwards of Sicily.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
NE wind 14-28, locally in the North Adriatic up to 34, at the foot of Velebit up to 38 knots but will locally turn to N, in the open sea also to NW wind. In the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic the winds will temporarily turn to SW and SE 10-20 knots. The sea 2-3, locally 4, particularly in the open. Visibility 10-20 km. Variably cloudy with scattered rain and likely rain showers with thunder. A risk of some sleet or wind driven snow along the coast.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Moderate to strong, locally in the North Adriatic near gale, at the foot of Velebit gale and strong gale NE wind, locally turning to N, in the open sea also to NW wind. From the middle of the night moderate to strong SE wind in the South Adriatic. The sea slight and moderate, possibly rough in the open of the North and Central Adriatic. Variably cloudy with scattered rain and likely rain showers with thunder. A risk of some sleet or wind driven snow along the coast.

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