Update Weather4D R&N 2.0.93

  • Fixed an issue that occurred with the update macOS Sequoia 15.2 preventing the app from opening on Mac.
  • Corrective update regarding a malfunction in the selection of time steps of some forecast models.

In addition, The model IFS increase up to 15 days and is augmented by the " Gusts

Addition of the Argentina charting available at Geogarage.

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eSail4VR 1.35 : heading up to Vendée Globe 2024

Two years after its launch for the Route du Rhum 2022, the cross-platform routing application dedicated to gaming Virtual Regatta Offshore has been the subject of an essential update in the run-up to the Vendée Globe. It has been available since September 29 th (¹), in order to support the latest Virtual Regatta 7.0. Read more …

InavX adopts Imray charts

With the latest version 5.6.35 from February the 25 th last September, iNavX integrates Imray offered by its supplier SiiTech (¹). NavX Studios does not hesitate to announce in its communication :

As the leading publisher of nautical information for leisure sailors, Imray joins iNavX, making us the first mobile navigation platform to offer and support these trusted charts..”

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If the Gulf Stream ended ?

© Musée Maritime de l'Ile Tatihou 2005

© Maritime Museum of Tatihou Island 2005

No, these are not the catastrophic rantings of an inveterate collapsologist, but a very serious study reported by the climatologist Stefan Rahmstorf. I give here a French and freely adapted transcription.

The warm currents that reach Europe are now called by climatologists AMOC, in English the "Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation". Read more …

After El Niño 2023 here is La Niña 2024

The climatic phenomenon ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) had experienced a new episode El Niño towards the end of spring 2023 in the tropical regions of the Pacific (¹). After reaching a peak between November and December 2023, the phenomenon began to decrease (²). During the second quarter 2024 he returned to a situation called " Neutral ”. But quickly from July a new episode La Niña started, whose climatic consequences are the opposite of the previous episode.

Source : NOAA Climate / ENSO Blog Read more …

Currents and waves at hectometric resolution from Ifremer (Episode 2)

Episode 2 – Illustrations

Forecasts IFREMER (see Episode 1) available in Weather4D are of two kinds :

    • Current forecasts from the MARS2D model
    • Sea state forecasts (combined currents and waves) based on WW3 model

These files concern areas of the Channel and Atlantic whose coverage and resolutions are significantly different. Read more …