Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Department Split on 12.05.2026 at 12


Warning
In the North, at night also in the Central Adriatic occasional gusts of NE wind 35-50, at foot of Velebit up to 60 knots. Still initially in the South Adriatic gusts of S and SW winds of about 35 knots. Late in the day in the Central Adriatic occasional gusts of NW wind 35-40 knots. Risk of isolated thunderstorms.
Synopsis
A trough with the frontal disturbance is shifting across the Adriatic further on to the southeast.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
S and SW winds 10-20, in the North Adriatic turning to NE, in the Central Adriatic first to NW and then to NE wind 10-20, locally up to 24 knots, at foot of Velebit NE 15-30 knots. In the South Adriatic S and SW winds 12-22, at night turning to NW wind 10-20 knots. The sea 3-4. Visibility 10-20 km. Variably cloudy with scattered rain and rain showers with thunder. At night gradual ceasing of precipitation.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
NE wind decreasing to light and moderate, at foot of Velebit also fresh, towards the midday gradually decreasing, in the open sea of the North Adriatic turning to light and moderate SE wind. In the South Adriatic light to moderate, locally fresh NW wind. The sea calming to light and moderate. Variably cloudy.

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