When it is cold and wet I prefer to concentrate on the shelter aspect as a priority over the fire.
It is too easy to get hypothermic trying to get a fire going.
Bundle up first then pile some wood up in a sheltered place. If you then pull on an emergency bag and sit on your sitpad with your back against a shelter tree you can usually do ok.
It is a lot easier to start that fire without your teeth chattering and if you can't you can usually get by.
I got in a rain sleet storm one time and kept trying to start a fire a little too far out in the wind and got to shaking so bad I couldn't manage it or much else. I'm mnot sure what would have happened but it blew over and I got in the lee of some rocks and the sun warmed me up.
