a new storm pushing into the pacific northwest is not only going to bring rain from seattle to san francisco today but also snow through the cascades and the rockies. we have winter weather warnings and advisories posted through today and they'll also see the snow through the cascades and rookies for christmas day. a white christmas for them. but really for much of the country, we're just looking at wet weather. the worst of the weather is right along the east coast up-and-down the eastern sea board with very heavy rain. look at the temperatures, francis. 62 for the high today in d.c. it's cooler -- it's warmer in d.c. than it is in san francisco for christmas eve. so how about that for those mild temperatures. >> it is mild. easy to get around out there but certainly not with the rain and the mess. dominica davis, thank you very much. nbc jacob rascon is in columbia, mississippi where residents are beginning to survey the scope of the damage from the deadly tornado.