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Seattle Forrest
Otherwise, keep an eye on whatever tell tales are available. Trees, flags, etc. Know which direction is leeward, and especially look fro the wind when you're about to cross an exposed area, like a lot of bridges.
Also watch out for geographic features (hills, buildings, etc) that can cause changes in strength and direction of currents.
Keep an eye out for trucks if unusually strong winds are blowing from the left. The wind blast from them is usually easy enough to deal with. However, because you have to lean so hard to deal with that, the vacuum that follows sends you way left. As soon as the truck clears, you get restoration of the strong wind you had from the side which sends you hard to the right since you had to ease off so much to deal with the vacuum. You can really have your hands full.