Tangent, but I encourage everyone to actually learn how to predict the weather. Every region has its own peculiarities, and even on a small scale geography may

Tangent, but I encourage everyone to actually learn how to predict the weather. Every region has its own peculiarities, and even on a small scale geography may have quite significant impact, so it is natural to focus on where you live. Moreover, you quickly find out that this skill is not about looking at the sky in a single moment and taking a snapshot of it, but rather about recognizing some trends and changes, more prolonged and more subtle as your knowledge grows. You will find out how urban areas behave differently than rural ones, how plains differ from hills and mountains, how forest differs from meadows, where the small cumulus clouds are being formed and where they disappear, how wind shifts before the storm, how animals change their behavior etc. Some of this stuff can be widely applicable, but some will be specific to your area. And you do not even need to live in some remote areas to enjoy it.