Daily briefing: Busy Northwest start

The Pacific Northwest and the parts of northern California cannot catch a break from the soggy weather as the shortened holiday work week kicks off. This is included in today's daily briefing published every weekday at 5 a.m. ET.

The WeatherRadar shows another major Pacific storm that roared ashore on Sunday will continue to spread heavy rain onto the West Coast. Northern California, including San Francisco, the Pacific Northwest, the northern Great Basin and the northern Rockies will all receive rain, with higher elevations receiving snow.

Rain showers will also be a problem across the southern Mississippi Valley, while some wintry mix rolls across the Midwest and Great Lakes later today.

The rest of the U.S. will be quiet. The TemperatureRadar shows a winter warm-up continuing across the western and southern Plains with highs in the 70s in Denver and Dallas.

Similar reading will be found across southern Florida and the Southwest. The rest of the southern tier will be in the 60s, while the northern tier will generally be in the 40s. The Northeast and northern Plains will be the coldest spots with highs in the 20s and 30s.

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