Weather report issued by The Marine Meteorological Center Department Split on 27.11.2025 at 12


Warning
Occasional gusts of NE wind 35-65, in the North Adriatic up to 80, along the coast up to 100 knots. In the open sea of the South Adriatic and in the far south the gusts of SE and E winds 35-45 knots in places. The sea locally 5, possibly 6 in the open of the North Adriatic. Isolated thunderstorms.
Synopsis
Lows with frontal systems keep staying across the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas while a ridge of a high will be gradually intensifying from the north and northwest.
Weather forecast for the Adriatic for the first 12 hours
NE wind 14-28, in the Central Adriatic up to 34, in the North Adriatic up to 42, at the foot of Velebit up to 56 knots. In the open sea of the South Adriatic and in the far south SE and E winds 14-28 knots. The sea 3-4, locally 5, possibly 6 in the open of the North Adriatic. Visibility 5-15 km. Fair to mostly cloudy with rain in places and also likely heavy rain showers with thunder but there is also a risk of snow along the coast of the North and Central Adriatic.
Weather forecast for the next 12 hours
Moderate to near gale, locally in the North Adriatic gale and strong gale NE wind, at the foot of Velebit also of hurricane force, gradually decreasing. The sea slight and moderate, locally rough. Fair to mostly cloudy with rain in places and also likely rain showers with thunder but initially there is also a risk of snow along the coast of the North Adriatic. Gradual clearing up is expected in the North and Central Adriatic.
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