La navigation maritime sous Android
The tome 2 from the Navy weather Introduction – The weather in the Mediterranean, is updated on the Play Store (Google Play Books)
Version 1.1 – Addition of a paragraph on Advanced thunderstorm forecasting data.
Just download the work already bought again to replace the previous one.
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Episode 1 – Description
Since May the 7 th 2024 the latest versions of SailGrib have been enriched with several new weather and ocean models (¹). Among the latter, ultra-high resolution current and wave forecast models from the’Ifremer complete the models Copernicus (formerly called MyOcean) for the Channel and Atlantic coasts. These forecasts are provided with hectometric grids, can be reduced up to 190 meters for some models. But Ifremer, what is ? Read more …
The numerous sailors who crisscross the “Big Blue” have known for ages that, if navigation is relatively easy, meteorology represents a particularly difficult constraint to understand. Indeed, if the coasts are mostly steep and the dangers very localized, if the tides are almost negligible, if currents are only to be taken into account in well-defined areas, the major difficulty comes from capricious weather, difficult to predict, can represent a real danger due to its changing moods, sudden, even brutal. Read more …
The new tutorial « Introduction to Marine Weather » is available on Amazon Store for e-reader and cross-platform applications Kindle.
Complete revision of the work initially published in 2015, new, clearer and more readable layout in portrait mode, complete revision of the text, updating videos and illustrations.
From basic knowledge to interpreting GRIB files, an educational journey to help you better understand the weather, the one he will do, and master weather-routing and navigation applications, like SailGrib, Weather4D, and many others.
This work replaces the previous one deleted.
[Update 10 th 2021] Update V.1.3 online on Amazon.fr. Video correction and links.
Oh yes, everything happens ! In my entire computer-nautical career I had never played any computer game whatsoever., not even the historic Windows card game that cost businesses thousands of idle office hours… but you should never say : Never !
Or donc, here I am registered for Virtual Regatta, one among the most 340.000 players registered at this time, ready to start the Vendée Globe tomorrow at 1:02 p.m.. Like any beginner, I watched a few videos to quickly understand this game, Who, we are all, seems relatively simple for an experienced sailor. But from there to playing in the big leagues, there are still several oceans to cross !
Created in 1975 on the initiative of European Union members, The European Center for Middle Term Meteorological Forecast is an independent intergovernmental organization whose headquarters, to date, is located in Reading, England. The CEPMMT is funded by 22 Member States and 12 Associated States. It employs near 350 people, And its equipment as supercalulars is one of the most important in Europe. For fifteen years, CEPMMT forecasts tend to be among the most precise in the world, According to the verification data of the world meteorological organization (WMO). The CEPMMT is currently led by the French meteorologist Florence Rabier, who worked at the local weather-france weather office.
More, Since the advent of Brexit, The situation has changed. The United Kingdom is no longer part of the EU, The CEPMMET must move to a European country, And it may have, For weather data users, consequences… positives. Read more …
In his latest newsletter dated 14 th January, SailGrib explains the improvements in weather display by overlaying satellite imagery and isobaric maps, called “frontology”.
A new version 1.4 of Tutoriel Météo « Initiation à la météo marine » pour Kindle est disponible sur Amazon. Available on almost all media and operating systems thanks to free " Kindle ". This version was reviewed and aligned with the latest IOS version, avec vidéos fonctionnelles sur les plus récents appareils (*).
Understanding of weather phenomena up to requests and decryption weather forecasts and GRIB weather files, ce guide propose, après un rappel des notions de base de la météorologie, une démarche pratique et concrète pour accéder aux informations pertinentes, les visualiser et les analyser. An indispensable learning tool before addressing navigation weather applications like Weather4D, SailGrib, and others. Read more …
It’s an interesting match-racing game that’s emerging on Android in the field of marine weather applications.. Indeed, since Olivier Bouyssou ported his software to Android Weather4D, the friendly Henri Laurent, who I had the pleasure of meeting at the Nautic, has worked hard to bring new features and improvements to its application SailGrib/WR. In this “digital regatta” he thus marks a formidable opponent, although it has not yet carried the advanced functions of the iOS version to Android. This tactic, which aims to maintain a lead by placing yourself resolutely in front of your opponent, is often used by the best sailors.. Read more …
