⚓Maritime

island ferries under a transitioning typhoon, a coastal cyclone in southern Brazil, and a strengthening bura on the Dalmatian coast

The sea keeps the wind story even after the land stops caring about it. A storm can be easing in the wind column and still leave the Izu Islands run unworkable — swell and the offshore Boso pass on Monday morning are the operative facts for a harbourmaster, not the pressure. Off Rio Grande do Sul an extratropical cyclone peaks today with gusts to 100 km/h and hail across RS, SC and Parana, which is a port-closure and small-craft decision now rather than a forecast. On the Dalmatian coast the footprint's forecast bura reaches about 80 km/h at the Velebit crossing and 71 km/h at the Gruz quay on Sep 20-21 — enough to matter for ferry sequencing to Brac, Hvar and Korcula, and carried as a watch signal because there is no official orange in force. The Azores depression is the one wind story that is not a maritime problem: 35 mph over open water with no land threat.

carried on 31 of the last 66 editions — since Aug 4, the 10 most recent shown.