The potential has been predicated on energy moving out of the Rockies and attivating the stalled frontal boundary NE Gulf. This has left us with a series of surface waves at this point, and any development delayed in the models. What we know. Quasistationary boundary still there. Vortmax could amplify broad 500mb trof. Energy has yet to move ashore from Pacific. When it does the solution will be made clear without forecast propagation next 48hrs.
Aside: When we did everything by hand, we used the term "trof." Too old to change....