11.   A guy in a bathrobe gazes meaningfully into a cloudy sky.

12.   A narrow band of mostly cloudy skies and a few showers will prevail near the front from the central Appalachians to the Great Lakes.

13.   A strong jet stream disturbance will produce mostly cloudy skies and a few showers over the upper Midwest and the Great Lakes.

14.   A strengthening disturbance will promote mostly cloudy skies over northwestern states.

15.   A steady flow of moist air from the south will promote cloudy skies over a large area from the eastern Dakotas to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.

16.   A weak front sweeping over the northern Plains will bring some chillier air and cloudy skies to the region.

17.   Abundant moisture and a jet stream disturbance in the Southwest will promote cloudy skies and scattered showers from New Mexico to Idaho.

18.   After cloudy skies Monday night, clearer conditions are expected Tuesday night, but the peak of the storm will have passed.

19.   Breezy and chilly conditions with rather cloudy skies and some snow showers will occur from the eastern Dakotas to northern Missouri.

20.   But a chance of showers or cloudy skies could force a delay, forecasters said.