now, that break seems to be over. >> thanks so much for that report. >>> meteorologist bonnie snyder is here with an update on the weather. >> we are tracking the threat for tornadoes, as well as heavy snow. jackson, mississippi, we have a tornado watch. new orleans, as well. record rainfall so far this season and now snow is falling. we also have rain coming into the bay area, just to the south batch of rain coming through. you will see snow accumulate in the foot jlghills of the sierra. we're also getting rain and snow into further areas north, as well as into the reno area, we could see a light dusting of snow. let's talk about snow elsewhere. we have snow and rain working through areas of des moines and davenport. if you're traveling to chicago today, they are faceing sleet and snow early but it should taper off early. high in chicago, 33. really cold in boise, 22 degrees. 27 in billings. 59 in los angeles. 40 in seattle. that's it for your high. does it get warmer for tuesday? not really. we're looking at temperatures in california. temperatures in the upper 50s. so much of the

bonny snyder is here to talk about the bearish weather but boy, was that person lucky. >> absolutely. but you are right about the weather. we've seen the snow across areas in the northeast and we have snow in the midwest and the plains. the temperature is 20 degrees and there is a winter weather advisory for lower minnesota and minneapolis right now. this is another huge story that will really ramp up the threat for flooding. right now a flood stage along the mississippi over 400 river gauges with 48 reporting major flooding. and unfortunately thursday and friday we're looking at potential cresting all the way up to st. louis. hopefully it won't hit the record but we are looking at the forecast for major flooding. and further west, nice conditions in l.a. 62 today. 54 in san francisco. the sun is back after wet weather yet. and ice in the northeast and clear to the west. cooler. i think it will be comfortable in phoenix with a high of 60. lots pleasant conditions with sunshine in monterey, 57 degrees. that is what we're looking at across the country. we'll be watching for areas in the

let's turn to meteorologist bonnie snyder. >> we're looking at winter weather working its way throughew england. you can see that snow pushing through new hampshire, vermont and maine. notice off to the west into chicago just a little bit of light freezing rain to the north and to wisconsin where we're getting more substantial snow. but it's important to note we have a lot of flight cancellations. 500 as of 5:00 this morning and many in chicago. also very windy there so that's something we're monitoring. as you can see we're looking at quite a bit of snowfall accumulations in the new england area. heavy amounts of snow. watch out for ice what's going to happen the cold air will filter in behind this system and ice can accumulate in pockets up to half an inch. we could see power outages. we still have the ground completely saturated across missouri and that's why we're monitoring very, very carefully the threat for flooding along the mississippi river. >> thank you so much. still ahead on "morning joe" he earned the nicknameeconomic ar- affluenza team. >> we'll explain why classiness i

let's go to bonnie snyder with that forecast. >> this is a very vigorous weather pattern.e still have very strong weather -- this is a dangerous area because we have the flood watch in effect. it extends all the way down to dallas, all the way up through st. louis. this is a widespread area, we still have unfortunately flood warnings in effect and that is for areas into northern alabama. let's take a closer look at the rainfall amounts over the next 24 hours and what we can expect is definitely a lot of rain developing across a good portion of oklahoma and into arkansas, to the risk for severe weather in texas, but i want to explain a very vigorous storm system that's developing across areas of new mexico and into texas. this storm will be a major snowstorm developing across the country, what we're looking at are blizzard warnings now in effect for new mexico and into texas. the national weather service is describing this as historic and likely to be a once with in a 30-year storm. and you can see that unfortunately, we're looking at blinding winds as well as really cold t