[Paddlewise] weather prediction

After J Winters reference to weather prediction I decided to make a
search through the net to see what kind of weather prediction aids would
be useful out in the water.   This was a rather fruitless endeavor. 
MOst of the sites dealt with the use of rather sophisticated equipment
that reflect their use in the weather reports I listen to on tv or the
radio.

Most of the weather I have been dealing for the past 25 years with has
been filtered through the skylines  of citys, gray sky rain, blue sky
clear.  Obviously insufficient in the conditions I am encountering now
on the water.

I would be very interested in anecdotes relating to this subject from
you all that have far more experience than me, as well as references
that would provide really practical application(either on the net or in
books).

I rely on weather reports from marine band radio that I listen to in the
shower in the morning.
I would presume that there must be some references for sailing, though
our needs are very different.
I have found a site that has some nice illustrations of cloud
formations, http://www.softrain.co.uk/pet_v3/met_cloud.htm
but this seems to give similar information as that I studied in my
meteorology course in school, how it works rather than it's application.

I remember some references to bird flight and the under side of leaves
on a tree being clues to stormy conditions, but my kayak is relatively
low volume and havn't figured a way to carry these along. 

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