THE ADRIATIC — A LAST HOT PULSE CRESTS ON THE SOUTH-DALMATIAN COAST BEFORE COOLER AIR, WITH THE BORA MODERATE TODAY AND PEAKING LATER AT THE VELEBIT CROSSING ON SEP 17

A tail-end regime, not a warning. The forecast crests today on the south-Dalmatian coast and islands — Korčula 32.9 °C, apparent 30.6, Neretva 32.0 / 30.1, Split Airport 31.1 / 29.8 — and at Stari Grad on Hvar, 33.3 / 31.7 on Sep 16, before cooler air. The bora is moderate today (Split and Marjan 11.2 m/s, about 40 km/h; Gruž 10.9, about 39) and the window's strongest wind is later: the Sveti Rok tunnel and Velebit crossing at 16.2 m/s, about 58 km/h, on Sep 17 — a forward crosswind ramp on the A1. Inland runs cool, with the Drava corner at Osijek reaching 28 °C on Sep 18. Croatia carries no orange warning today.

5 turning points on record since Sep 8.