Breakfast brief: Winter storm for Rockies

Winter is locked in place across the Rockies, with more rounds of snow sweeping through today. It is going to be much quieter on the week's final work day. The Breakfast Brief is published daily, Monday through Friday, at 5:00 a.m., Eastern time.

The last of a series of atmospheric river events to hit northern California and the Northwest will finally sweep into the Mountain West. Bringing heavy snow the Sierra, southern Cascades and Rockies, travel could become impacted. The snow will spread across the Dakotas later in the day.

Across southern and central California, the WeatherRadar shows a few lingering showers streaking across San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.

It will be a bit overcast across the lower Mississippi Valley and the Southeast. A few late-day showers will develop across the Mid-South too.

Just like on Thursday, a big spread in temperatures will be found across the U.S. Texas and the Southeast will be in the 70s and low 80s, while single digits will be found in Dakotas. The TemperatureRadar also shows 20s and 30s across the Northeast, Great Lakes and the central Plains. Everywhere else will be in the 30s and 40s.