When looking at a surf forecast, there are several key factors to take into consideration, including swell direction, swell height, tide times, wind speed and wind direction. If you can understand ...

If you’ve been reading this column in recent months, you’ll probably remember an article, ‘‘The Language of the Wind” [We’ll go and find that one for you. —Ed.] that explained how to describe changes ...

Lake-effect snow dumps localized areas of very heavy snow. The wind direction makes all the difference between a light shoveling and a big dig out at any on spot. Here is how each wind direction ...