Well, from my real life experience the med conditions are the following:
first of all you must take present that the med is a closed sea that take lot of influence from the north cold front and the south african ones. The conflict regarding this mainly big front provide a very quikly changes from calm to storming conditions in about 6/12 hours a day during all the seasons.
By general view:
Dec/Feb: Calm 20%, Rough 80% lots of storm with very strong wind (even to 60/100 Km/h when Bora or Maestrale cames up) very heavy fog often with calm sea times especially in the Adriatic sea.
Mar: Calm 75%, Rough 25% moderate fog in the first morning and moderate wind
Apr/Oct: Calm 95%, Rough 5% Very quickly short time storms (about 1/2 hours) due to termical inversion by cold air flow over very heated waters Wind generally calm.
Nov: Calm 75%, Rough 25% very heavy fog at night and first morning. Lots of rain precipitations.
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"Six Italians, dressed in rather unusual diving suits and equipped with materials of laughably little cost, have swung the military balance of power in the Mediterranean in favour of the Axis".
Sir Winston Churchill, on the sinking of HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth by Italian Combat Divers
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