I presented in September 2023 (¹) the latest mobile communication device of the Iridium company : the GO! Exec®. Iridium has just announced the availability of its new social network application Chat App In Apple Store and Google Play. Read more …
Reading : "Climate and weather scientific atlas" The world nature
The newspaper Le Monde published in November 2024 this great study in his collection « Nature ».
Prefaced by Jean-Louis Etienne, our national explorer that we no longer present, this extremely didactic scientific work allows us to deepen our knowledge of the climate, meteorology, and disturbances they undergo.
Update of the Norway map catalog at Geogarage
Updating charts Norway (NHS) at Geogarage for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR.
- 92 charts updated
232 Charts (470 including inserts) are available in the Geogarage catalogue.
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Tutorial : Weather in the Mediterranean Update V.1.2
March, the volume 2 from Introduction to Marine Weather – Weather in the Mediterranean, is updated on the iBook Store (Apple Books)
Version 1.2 – Layout improvements and link fixes.
- 88 pages
- 48 screenshots
- 14 videos
Warning : A severe bug still unfixed affects the new process for uploading book updates. The version number is no longer replaced on the iBook Store and remains "Original". On the other hand, the description of the modifications is present. Once again : thank you Apple !
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Updating ENC Portugal maps at Geogarage
Update of "rasterized" ENC charts Portugal (IHPT) at Geogarage for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR.
- 100 charts updated (on total of 100 rasterized ENC charts).
The catalogue also includes Madeira, Azores, Islands of the Cape Verde, plus additional cards Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe and Angola.
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Updating ENC maps Spain and Croatia at Geogarage
Update of "rasterized" ENC charts Spain (IHM) at Geogarage for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR.
- 164 charts updated (on total of 330 rasterized ENC charts).
The catalogue includes the coasts of Spain and the Canary Islands.
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Updating ENC Maps Croatia (HHI) rasterized for Weather4D Routing & Navigation and SailGrib WR .
- 126 updated charts
- 5 new charts and 2 Replaced included
Out of a total of 316 charts available.
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Updating Weather4D User Guides
Changes have been made to the available ocean GRIB models :
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- MFWAM Global : Météo-France's global wave model has been upgraded to a resolution of 0,1° (6 NM) in addition to the 0.5° (30 NM) current. As a result, the MFWAM Europe is withdrawn.
- HYCOM : the American global currents model, which has become unreachable, is discontinued.
- Various additions and improvements.
Météo-France in the storm
After NOAA, which has just suffered the wrath of the Trump administration (1), here is the Météo-France institute in turn pinned by the national press. After the newspaper La Dépêche on March 24 th, Le Monde adds on April the 20 th (2) by taking stock of the situation and studying the causes of the recent errors that have occurred several times in the weather forecasts of recent months Read more …
Météo-France strengthens its observations in the Mediterranean [Update]
Following the catastrophic weather phenomenon that hit Corsica on 18 August 2022, causing considerable damage, Météo-France has undertaken to deploy additional resources in the western Mediterranean to better predict the occurrence of such phenomenon.
March, the 5 th 2025, Météo-France has launched the fifth in a series of weather buoys anchored off the coast of France northwest of Corsica. This deployment is part of the reinforcement of the sea observation system, initiated in June 2023, and aims to improve local capacity to anticipate extreme weather events before they reach land. Read more …
Update of the UKHO charts catalogue at Geogarage
Update of the British charts catalogue from UKHO for Weather4D Routage & Navigation and SailGrib WR by Geogarage.
- 825 updated charts, dont 20 new editions
- 3 deleted charts
In total the UKHO catalog includes 885 charts (1637 with insets)
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