I love weather. Seriously -- I've always been a closet meteorologist. You know, the guy who attempts to predict the weather without knowing a lick of science. Just by looking at the clouds, or maybe sticking a wet finger in the air to test the wind, I'm able to come up with a pseudointellectual prediction -- a forecast sprinkled with terms like troposphere, low level disturbances, and cumulonimbus. I have no idea what these terms really mean, of course, but the people on the Weather Channel sound like freakin' geniuses when they use them.

When I travel, weather is always the first thing on my mind. It's a funny thing to be so concerned about, because it's not like we have any control over what the sky decides to do. However, predictions (whether they're my own, or that of a "professional") rarely affect my plans -- I'm just curious, that's all. I've got a lot of Internet tools in my arsenal of weather-prediction software, but my favorite is Weather Underground. They have, in my opinion, the best web-based radars, and their forecasts have proven to be the most accurate. They also have a feature I recently stumbled upon that will help predict the weather when traveling: the Trip Planner Weather. Horrible name, I know -- but the thing is awesome, trust me. Here's why: