Go Prepared
Leaving Technology Behind
Once you head into the outdoors, you leave the resources of TV meteorologists, online weather forecasts, and potentially fancy weather apps behind. Your most important weather-predicting tools are your eyeballs and your brain.
In the field you won’t be able to make predictions very far into the future (12-24 hours is a reasonable goal), so constantly looking for changes or trends—even when the weather is good—is imperative.
Observe Everything
When it comes to forecasting in the field, it’s important to be aware of everything from wind and clouds, to pressure an...