One of the great things about surfing, sailing and water sports in general is that you learn to pick wind gusts by watching the surface.

Today is the first time I have used that skill while driving. The rain was so hard and wind so strong that I could pick the wind gusts before they hit the car from the water on the surface of the road. Going the other way, it was quite unusual to be driving up hill at 80km/h and watch the spray from our wheels get blown past us.