I always listen to the weather reports. If possibility of any storms, or events, I take special care.
I put my VHF radio on one of the weather channels and listen to the current weather report for our area.
If possibility of rain or storms, I check my radar app on my cell phone. This is great as I can often see where weather is heading (it shows a live weather loop, not just a static image like on some weather web page).
I mostly use an Android app named "RADAR NOW", it excels for this purpose.
Recently, I found one named 'MY RADAR" which is both an IOS (Apple) and Android app. I don't have a lot of time with this app, but it appears very similar to "RADAR now". But I tend to like Radar Now a bit more as it's screen is a bit less cluttered, the RADAR loop has a bit better timing, and the free version (with ads) are not as invasive as the ones on My Radar.
These apps allow you to see where storm cells are headed, so you can figure out if the rain will hit you, or not, and it can help to follow thunder storms to check if you're going to get nailed or not.
As an example, last year while anchored off Silver Sands, I was able to see that heavy rain would hammer on Govornor's Island, yet I didn't get any rain while at Silver Sands (next to MVYC).
If you have a smart phone, I suggest you get one of these apps (or both) and learn to use it along with listening to the national weather service broadcasts on the VHF radio WX channels.
Radar Now:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...adar_now&hl=en
My Radar:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....myradar&hl=en