Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Department Split on 08.08.2026 at 12


Warning
Risk of isolated thunderstorms, mainly still today along the coast of the South and of a part of the Central Adriatic. Along the coast of the North and at night along entire Adriatic occasional gusts of NE wind 35-40 knots.
Synopsis
A ridge of high is intensifying from the north across the Adriatic whereas a smaller amount of humid and unstable air is approaching at high altitudes from the west.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
NW wind 10-20, in the far south increasing to 12-24 knots. Along the coast of the North, at night along entire Adriatic NE wind 10-20, at foot of Velebit up to 24 knots. The sea 2-3, in the North Adriatic and in the far south possibly 4. Visibility 10-20 km. Variably cloudy, along the coast possibility of rain showers and thunder, mainly in the South and in a part of the Central Adriatic, at night mostly clear skies.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Along the coast light to fresh, at foot of Velebit locally strong NE wind, in the open sea light to fresh NW wind. Towards the midday wind will be decreasing to light. The sea smooth to slight, at foot of Velebit and in the far south possibly moderate.

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