next to cbs's lonnie quinn with the forecast. lonnie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, major. toughest weather anywhere in the country in colorado today. thes wind gust 115 miles per hour. currently the winds are gusting around 60 miles an hour, down to te 50s, 40 miles per hour through the overnight hours. still it's really hard to fight any fire burning out there and no help from mother nature. more wind and rain. where the rain is falling from georgia to south carolina, severe thunderstorm threat for that area till 9:00 p.m. new year's eve, i'm going to focus from nashville to memphis, arkansas. new year's eve, that's where you have a risk for severe weather. into nears day, snowfall anywhere from kansas city through portions of the great lakes, detroit is cold as well. temperature differential. saturday des moines will have a high of 11 degrees, 21 below average. meanwhile, new orleansle 1 degrees, 21 degrees above average. where you get the big clashes in temperatures, the possibility saturday for more severe

we turn to cbs' lonnie quinn with the forecast. lonnie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, major.u, maj toughest weather anywhere in the country in colorado today. the strongest wind gust 115 miles per hour. currently the winds are gusting around 60 miles an hour, down to the 50s, 40 miles per hour through the overnight hours. still it's really hard to fight any fire burning out there and no help from mother nature. more wind than rain. where the rain is falling from georgia to south carolina, severe thunderstorm threat for that area until 9:00 p.m. what about new year's eve? new year's eve, i'm going to focus from nashville to memphis, over to arkansas. new year's eve, that's where you have a risk for severe weather. all the while into nears day, snowfall anywhere from kansas city through portions of the great lakes, detroit is cold as well. look at this temperature differential. saturday des moines will have a high of 11 degrees, 21 below average. meanwhile, new orleans 81 degrees, 21 degrees above average. where you

lonnie quinn, thank you. as violent crime surges in cities big and small across the country, it is encroachsing on what many have considered safe havens-- college campuses. as cbs' elise preston reports, schools are scrambling to keep students safe. >> reporter: murder rates continue to soar nationwide. portland, oregon is grappling with a record number. austin, louisville, and rochester have all seen homicides more than double in just a couple of years. with violent crime rising in los angeles, the head of the police union warns if you can, stay away. >> we can't guarantee your safety. it is really, really out of control. >> reporter: the chicago area has seen more than 1,000 homicides this year. three victims were university of chicago students. urban campuses are having to step up safety protocols, and the university is now using technology to get ahead of the violence. >> police is not the only solution. we are very focused moving forward and making sure we have proactive strategies, real-time data sharin

cbs' lonnie quinn is here with the forecast. lonnie. good evening. >> reporter: hey, good evening, major. you know, december 10, the weather world was talking about this rare tornado outbreak. here we are now finishing december, and the possibility for tornadoes out there again tonight, anywhere from louisiana into portions of the tennessee valley. the computer models show us as this line pushes to the east and holds on to its strength, so that tornado watch in effect until 10:00 p.m. central time tonight. so what is it that's behind all this? it's a textbook clash of air masses. you've got record warmth, hottest december day for portions of mississippi today. on the opposite side of that jet you have record cold. farther west, how topsy-turvy our atmosphere today. kodak, alaska, hit 67 today, warmer in kodak than beverly hills. speaking of beverly hills, the los angeles area picks up big rains today, two to four inches of rain. big bear up in the mountains could see two to four feet of some snow. but my eyes tonight, for the big weathe

all right, lonnie quinn, thank you. as violent crime surges in cities big and small across the country, it is encroaching on what many have considered safe havens-- college campuses. as cbs' elise preston reports, schools are scrambling to keepto students safe. >> reporter: murder rates continue to soar nationwide. portland, oregon, is grappling with a record number. austin, louisville, and rochester have all seen homicides more than double in just a couple of years. with violent crime rising in los angeles, the head of the police union warns: if you can, stay away. >> we can't guarantee your safety. it is really, really out of control. >> reporter: the chicago area has seen more than 1,000 homicides this year. three victims were university of chicago students. urban campuses are having to step up safety protocols, and the university is now using technology to get ahead of the violence. >> police is not the only solution. we are very focused moving forward and making sure that we have proactive strategies, real- time da

cbs' lonnie quinn is here with the forecast. lonnie. good evening. >> reporter: hey, good evening, major. you know, december 10, the weather world was talking about this rare tornado outbreak. here we are now finishing december, and the possibility for tornadoes out there again tonight, anywhere from louisiana into portioning of the tennessee valley. the computer models show us as this line pushes to the east and holds on to its strength, so that tornado watch in effect until 10:00 p.m. central time tonight. what is it that's behind all this? it's a textbook clash of air masses. you've got record warm warmth, hottest december day for portions of mississippi today. on theons side of the jet stream, you have record cold. farther west, how topsy-turvy our atmosphere today. kodak, alaska, hit 67 today, warmer in kodak than beverly hills. speaking of beverly hills, the los angeles area picks up big rains today, two to four inches of rain. but my eyes tonight, for the big weather story will be on the deep south into the tennessee valley,s tha

and cbs' lonnie quinn joins us with the forecast. lonnie, good evening. >> reporter: well, good evening, major. you know, the severe weather risk you're talking about hasn't formed yet. i'm watching this line of light rain, from texas into arkansas. that is going to intensify. so much so that we think by midnight, okay, you're ringing in the new year, the risk of potential for severe weather anywhere northeast of dallas towards nashville, tennessee, and as you work your way into sunday. i mean, now you're look at severe weather in the nashville, tennessee, valley area. that could be strong enough to spark a tornado. snow is falling anywhere from detroit to chicago. then that snow will make its way to memphis by the time you get to sunday. today, memphis, 70, sunday you're look at snowfall. houston on saturday is 87. baltimore 65. by sunday, houston is going to be dropping down to 52 for a high temperature, a 35-degree drop. baltimore, though, look at that, hasn't really budged at all because the cold air hasn't gotten there yet. the

cbs' lonnie quinn is here with the forecast. lonnie. good evening. >> reporter: hey, good evening, major. you know, december 10, the weather world was talking about this rare tornado outbreak. here we are now finishing december, and the possibility for tornadoes out there again tonight, anywhere from louisiana into portions of the tennessee valley. the computer models show us as this line pushes to the east and holds on to its strength, so that tornado watch in effect until 10:00 p.m. central time tonight. so what is it that's behind all this? it's a textbook clash of air masses. you've got record warmth, hottest december day for portions of mississippi today. on the opposite side of that jet you have record cold. right? and you go farther west, how topsy-turvy our atmosphere today. alaska, record warmth. kodak, alaska, hit 67 today, warmer in kodak than beverly hills. speaking of beverly hills, the los angeles area picks up big rains today, two to four inches of rain. big bear up in the mountains could see two to four feet of some snow

let's check in with cbs' lonnie quinn for the forecast. good evening, lonnie. >> reporter: good evening, jamie. right now, the biggest storm that we're watching is out west. it's right around the san francisco bay area. so let's take a peek here at the radar picture, because by the time we get into the night time hours tonight, into your day tomorrow, san francisco could get a couple of inches of rain. that storm will then migrate down to the south. los angeles, for tomorrow, into friday, picks up maybe one to two inches of rain. and christmas eve into christmas day, phoenix is just getting pounded with rain, but all the while, it's heavy snow. the sierra picks up-- you ready for this-- 10 to 12 feet of snow by the time you get to christmas day and maybe the day after. but elsewhere, it is so far from a white christmas. it is, as you were talking about, the warmest christmas ever for some spots out there. dallas will reach 83, with a record. houston hits 85, also a record. ashville, north carolina, 68. louisville, 69. those are all record

let's check in with cbs' lonnie quinn for the forecast. good evening, lonnie. >> reporter: good evening, jamie. right now, the biggest storm that we're watching is out west. it's right around the san francisco bay area. so let's take a peek here at the radar picture, because by the time we get into the night time hours tonight, into your day tomorrow, san francisco could get a couple of inches of rain. that storm will then migrate down to the south. los angeles for tomorr, int two inches of rain. and christmas eve into christmas day, phoenix is just getting pounded with rain, but all the while, it's heavy snow. the sierra picks up-- you ready for this-- 10 to 12 feet of snow by the time you get to christmas day and maybe the day after. but elsewhere, it is so far from a white christmas. it is, as you were talking about, the warmest christmas ever for some spots out there. dallas will reach 83, with a record. houston hits 85, also a record. arcville, north carolina, 68. louisville, 69. those are all record high temperatures for christmas da

cbs's lonnie quinn joins us now with the latest forecast. talk about extreme, lonnie. >> yeah, it depends on where you live, right? i mean the stormiest weather right now, jamie, as you were saying out west. take a peek, arizona is picking up heavy rain. heavy snow colorado and utah. look at the computer models, showing some of that snow continuing all the way through tuesday. by the time it's said and done, the numbers for snow totals could be enormous. looks like the sierra will pick up an additional 5 to 8 feet so they could finish with another two snow by tuesday. rockex picks up an additional one to two feet but the other extreme you were talking about, the armest christmas ever for memphis at 77, warmest christmas ever for nashville 73. dallas hits 836789 the east coast actually had a little bit of snow this morning but it's turning to rain for most e daor geup tohe new orleans you will still hold on to some snow. that is the way we see the weather picture. a little bit of something for everybody. it's all yours. >> a little bit of som

cbs' lonnie quinn joins us now with the latest forecast. talk about extremes, lonnie. >> yeah, it depends on where you live, right? i mean the stormiest weather right now, jamie, as you were saying out west. take a peek, arizona is picking up heavy rain. heavy snow in colorado and utah. look at the computer models, showing some of that snow continuing all the way through tuesday. by the time it's said and done, the numbers for snow totals could be enormous. looks like the sierra will pick up an additional 5 to 8 feet so they could finish with another two snow by tuesday. rockies picks up an additional one to two feet but the other extreme you were talking about, the warmest christmas ever for memphis at 77, warmest christmas ever for nashville 73. dallas hits 83, the east coast actually had a little bit of snow this morning but it's turning to rain for most to have the day tomorrow. you get up to northern new england you will still hold on to some snow. that is the way we see the weather picture. a little bit of something for everybody. it'