How does a Silver Nocking Point interacts with Fickle Winds?
Magical wind effects that would normally deflect the projectile (such as fickle winds) instead impose only a –8 penalty on the attack roll.
Arrows and bolts are deflected upward and miss, while any other normal ranged weapon passing through the wall has a 30% miss chance.
Does the miss chance occur? I would say, no.
And if "yes": How does Improved Precise Shot alter the situation?
Reads to me as "instead of being deflected". Miss chance still applies and a -8 to hit.
Whether I'm wrong or not about that I can say that improved precise shot doesn't alter the situation at all, a penalty to hit is not a bonus to AC.
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Wind Wall and Fickle Winds have two parts.
If it's an arrow or bolt, it's deflected.
If it's another normal ranged projectile (such as a bullet or dagger) it has a 30% miss chance.
A silver nocking point is attached to a bow or crossbow, so something that shoots an arrow or bolt. If an arrow or bolt hits Wind Wall, it's deflected. If you have a silver nocking point, the attack instead gets -8 to hit. The miss chance never triggers because it only occurs if a ranged weapon other than an arrow or bolt passes through the wall. So no miss chance.
dragonhunterq is correct about Improved Precise Shot - this isn't cover or concealment, or even a bonus to AC.
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Weirdo is correct. To understand what "other ranged weapons" Fickle Winds may be talking about: siege weapon projectiles and rocks thrown by giants for example. Giants figured very big in the minds of D&D writers of yore who came up with Wind Wall. Those projectiles are just too big to be easily deflected by wind.
summary:
arrows, bolts: deflected
arrows, bolts fired from (cross-)bow with silver nocking point attached: -8 to hit
thrown weapons, siege weapons, rocks, thrown humanoids: 30% miss chance
Thanks.