A low-pressure system – technically called a frontal wave – has formed on schedule along the cold front that stalled offshore of the Carolinas. You see it in the satellite picture as a bulge along the front. There's clearly some circulation with the system. The upper-level winds are forecast to be marginally conducive for the system to develop into a tropical depression or low-end tropical storm over the next day or two, but that process normally takes time, so the odds are