Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Department Split on 16.09.2025 at 06


Warning
In the evening in the North, tomorrow also in the Central Adriatic occasional gusts of NE wind 35-45, at the foot of Velebit up to 60 knots. A risk of light isolated thunderstorms in the North, from midday also in a part of the Central Adriatic.
Synopsis
A ridge of a high is being spread from the west across the Adriatic while a low with a frontal disturbance is shifting more northwards.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
Calm or SE and SW winds 4-12, in the afternoon up to 16 knots locally along the coast of the Central and South Adriatic. The sea 1-2, possibly 3 in places in the North Adriatic. Visibility 10-20 km. Mostly clear skies. In the North, from midday also in a part of the Central Adriatic with some increased cloudiness there is a risk of rain and rain showers and thunder.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Calm or mainly light SW and NW winds. First in the North, then from the middle of the night also in the Central Adriatic moderate to fresh, locally strong, at the foot of Velebit also near gale NE wind. The sea smooth to slight, from the middle of the night also moderate locally in the North Adriatic. A gradual cloud increase is expected, in the North and in a part of the Central Adriatic with likely rain and rain showers with thunder.
PMC - Split

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