(2) Vela Luka, 28-29 May 1935

Figure 1. Synoptic situation at the time of the event: (left) mean sea level pressure and 10-m wind; (middle) temperature and wind at 850 hPa; (right) geopotential height and wind at 500 hPa.

Again, the only source of information is the diary of Nikola Tabain (Tabain and Tabain, 1994), and in this case his description mentions “large seiche during the night”.


During the event, a uniform field of surface pressure (1010-1015 hPa) complemented by weak surface winds was present over most of Europe. At the 850 hPa height, warm air mass was advancing towards north-northeast, from Africa towards the southeast Europe. At the mid-troposphere height, relatively strong southwesterly to westerly winds were blowing over the central Mediterranean and the south Adriatic.