temperatures ever. getting up into the mid and upper 50s, places like chicago, 50 degrees, in atlanta, temperatures remaining in the 70s. in the western u.s., it has been as active as they come. storms continue to plow into the west. one of the more remarkable forecasts you will ever see is coming out of mt. baker in washington state in the northern cascades. those are actual snow forecast accumulations. over 50 inches. on tuesday. potentially up to 70 inches of snow. that is 13-15 feet of fresh snow. we will show you the tremendous amount of moisture, and this is an avalanche concern as well. >> thank you. still ahead here on "cnn