A sharp turn in the weather is bearing down on Croatia, and meteorologists have activated orange alerts for Wednesday. The DHMZ expects locally intense showers and heavy rain on the Adriatic that day. The rainfall is likely to spread to areas along the coast as well, according to the forecast. Orange sits in the middle of the service's three-level warning scale, between yellow and red, and signals genuinely disruptive conditions. People on the coast are being told to get ready for downpours capable of flooding streets and slowing traffic. The service describes the coming change as strong, which suggests the unsettled pattern will hold beyond a single day. Updates from the forecasters are expected as the front approaches.