RE: Weather codes translated...
This is what I use. I accidently found this one day on the noaa website. You will of course need to try and find the one for your area. It seems to be pretty accurate, at least for the 48 hours that they project.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sgx/digital/display_gfe_3hours.php?wfo=sgx&title=Surface%20Win d%20(3-hourly)&variable=Wind