1.   A beautiful day for basketball, I thought Saturday morning as I looked out at thickening clouds.

2.   A cold front pushing east from the Dakotas will be marked by thickening clouds and shifting winds.

3.   A potent Pacific disturbance will approach the West Coast with thickening clouds followed by showers late in the day.

4.   A new storm developing in the Dakotas will summon a limited moisture supply into the northeast Plains with thickening clouds.

5.   A veil of cirrus will yield to thickening clouds as the day progresses, with an increasing risk for showers Tuesday afternoon as a cold front arrives from Canada.

6.   A stream of moisture from the central Pacific will reach the Northwest with thickening clouds.

7.   Farther north, sunshine will be dimmed by thickening clouds.

8.   Farther west, sunshine will fade behind thickening clouds in the interior Northeast.

9.   Farther east, morning sun will fade behind thickening afternoon clouds along the Northeast Seaboard.

10.   Farther west, morning sun will fade behind thickening clouds in the Great Lakes with rain arriving in the evening.