How much additional wind resistance does a Rain Cape generate?
how do you propose to quantify that other than a Opinion?
and of course Opinions vary widely , many expressed based on restated hearsay and not direct experience.
as I said,
.. the cape is No wider than You are..
a High pressure cell tends to settle over the north pacific and it is drier than in the winter and early spring ..
Yea the whole PNW Coast cycling flow, is done north to south , keep the Sea on your right ,
that High pressure is rotating , CW. hence the following wind tendency..