9:35AM: In the absence of any major synoptic scale features over the central CONUS (the big feature is a stalled boundary over the Florida Peninsula), the real weather maker is the general topography of the US. There area already some showers over the Rockies, and westerly flow across the mountains will lead to a it of localized low pressure in the lee. Without much upper level support, it will be like my Uncle Jack and never really make much of itself.