天気予報はチェックするほうですか？

I never do either; I always have an umbrella in my bag, and I just have to hope it won’t be too windy to use it… my main problem is cold, as I almost never check the temperature either, and most of the time I leave my sweater or gloves home…

I don’t usually look at the local forcast, just the overview from the Storm Prediction Center. (spc.noaa.gov). For example, it looks like a wet evening, but little/no chance of anything severe in this area. (I’m where OH, MI, and Lake Erie meet.) Areas in the green loop are at a slight risk for severe storms, in the red are at a moderate risk for severe storms. The boxier areas indicate storm watch boxes which generally are for 3-6 hours. The big loops are for 24 hrs, and occasionally revised. Severe Thunderstorm watches are Blue boxes, Tornado watches are Red boxes. A radar image is overlaid on all of this, showing what has recently happened.

For those not familiar with American geography, Michigan looks like a mitten, Ohio is South of the Eastern half of MI, Lake Erie is the body of water that streches from MI (at the west) to New York(at the east).