This will be my first Winter in my new town, and after chatting to a lady who has lived here a while this morning, I'm starting to think about my winter jackets.

Our average temps over winter are 10-22 degrees C (50-70 F I think) and only about 10 days of the 3 months are rainy days. Now this is a fair bit milder than my old town where we would get the odd day at 0C (but still never below and only an occasional light frost LOL).

But, on the actual coastline (I live at the beach) its quite windy. Now I live 1 block back from the coastline, so I'm expecting it to be fairly windy even if it is fairly warm.

I do feel the cold, but the wind that cuts right through me is probably the only thing I can't handle.

So, what types of jackets are fairly lightweight but wind proof?

My winter jackets are currently a Denim-style fine cord jacket, a few cardi's, and one lined cotton trench-like jcaket (usually only wear this one if I go out at night time, and over a l/s top).

I have no idea because we really don't get a lot of cold weather and I've never lived at the coast before to know about the windy conditions.

And by the sounds of it, my winter (beautiful crystal clear sunny days!), is going to be such that a l/s top alone is probably going to be enough... or a s/s top and cardi.

After this little chat I suspect I will spend witner living in jeans/tops, or dresses/leggings with a light cardi and a jacket for the wind...

Thanks for any suggestions.