Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Department Split on 16.05.2026 at 12


Warning
Occasional gusts of NW wind, from the middle of the night at the foot of Velebit of NE wind, still initially in the South and in a small part of the Central Adriatic of S and SW winds 35-50 knots. The sea 5 locally in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic. Isolated thunderstorms.
Synopsis
The low with a frontal disturbance is shifting across the Adriatic further on to the east while a ridge of a high is intensifying from the northwest.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
NW wind 12-24, in the Central and South Adriatic temporarily also up to 32 knots, towards end of the day and at night in the North Adriatic gradually decreasing to 6-16 knots, westwards of Istria temporarily turning to SW, at the foot of Velebit also to NE wind. Still initially in the South and in a small part of the Central Adriatic S and SW winds 16-32 knots. The sea 2-3, in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic 3-4, locally 4-5. Visibility 10-20 km. Mostly cloudy with scattered rain and rain showers with thunder. At night gradual clearing up is expected in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
In the Central and South Adriatic moderate to strong N and NW winds. In the North Adriatic light to moderate NW and SW, in the Velebit Channel moderate, locally also strong NE wind. The sea smooth to slight, in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic slight and moderate, locally also rough, mainly towards the open sea. Mostly clear skies whereas in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic mostly cloudy with scattered rain and rain showers with thunder but towards the morning gradual clearing up is expected, first 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