Without going into v boring details, I am not great at motorway driving these days (lockdown issue, although funnily enough have also aquaplained into a ditch many yrs ago thanks to a blind bend and crappy drains) and one of the first things I do now is check the weather before setting off. At various points on the route. I also wouldn't leave at (presumably) 7pm ish in the middle of winter as I'd be absolutely shitting bricks.