Oh man, that "based on those clouds" part got me lol. I literally do the same thing now every time I'm outside. I started paying attention to those flat gray clouds that look like someone smeared concrete across the sky, and sure enough, rain shows up within like 2-3 hours almost every time. There's this specific kind of mottled cloud cover that I swear is a dead giveaway for afternoon storms in my area. I've gotten to the point where I can call it out to my wife like "watch, it'll rain by 4pm" and she just rolls her eyes but I'm right like 80% of the time lol. It's honestly kind of addicting once you start noticing the patterns, you can't unsee them.

bro soap is literally the OG hack for everything sticky, i've used it on sticky zippers, sticky o-rings, even a sticky car window once. ivory is perfect cause it doesn't leave that weird residue like some fancy waxes do. the dive shop stuff is such a scam, i paid $18 for a tiny tube of "zipper lube" and it lasted like 3 dives. soap costs like a buck and works better, plus you can use it to wash your hands after lol.