Fortunately, if you have the interest, you can watch much of what is happening in the weather front online, in real time (radar, stream etc). This enables you to add to and fine-tune information from increasingly under-funded government weather agencies.

I recall a neighbour who frequently used his "rosary" to call in good weather fabours. While I don't recall it having much impact, it seemed to make the bloke feel much better about inclement weather and complain less.