Hurricane Joaquin, Forecast to Become Category 4 Storm, Hammers Bahamas; U.S.

Weather Underground – October 1, 2015 The Latest Hurricane Joaquin’s center is located about 65 miles southeast of San Salvador in the central Bahamas. Maximum sustained winds are estimated at 120 mph, a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. Joaquin is undergoing rapid intensification that may bring it to Category 4 intensity sometime Thursday. This system …

2015 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez – Roll on tomorrow!

01/10/2015 Same cause, same effect: too much wind, today’s racing cancelled The team responsible for the organisation of Les Voiles de Saint Tropez is encountering exceptional times for this autumnal showdown. The culprit is a vast zone of high pressure centred over northern Europe, compressed by a depression circling the Gulf of Genoa, generating easterly …