#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define fi first
#define se second
#define rep(i,s,n) for (int i = (s); i < (n); ++i)
#define rrep(i,n,g) for (int i = (n)-1; i >= (g); --i)
#define all(a) a.begin(),a.end()
#define rall(a) a.rbegin(),a.rend()
#define len(x) (int)(x).size()
#define dup(x,y) (((x)+(y)-1)/(y))
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define Field(T) vector<vector<T>>
#define pq(T) priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using P = pair<int,int>;
template<class T>bool chmax(T&a,T b){if(a<b){a=b;return 1;}return 0;}
template<class T>bool chmin(T&a,T b){if(b<a){a=b;return 1;}return 0;}

template< int mod >
struct ModInt {
  int x;
  ModInt() : x(0) {}
  ModInt(int64_t y) : x(y >= 0 ? y % mod : (mod - (-y) % mod) % mod) {}
  ModInt &operator+=(const ModInt &p) {
    if((x += p.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
    return *this;
  }
  ModInt &operator-=(const ModInt &p) {
    if((x += mod - p.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
    return *this;
  }
  ModInt &operator*=(const ModInt &p) {
    x = (int) (1LL * x * p.x % mod);
    return *this;
  }
  ModInt &operator/=(const ModInt &p) {
    *this *= p.inverse();
    return *this;
  }
  ModInt operator-() const { return ModInt(-x); }
  ModInt operator+(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) += p; }
  ModInt operator-(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) -= p; }
  ModInt operator*(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) *= p; }
  ModInt operator/(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) /= p; }
  bool operator==(const ModInt &p) const { return x == p.x; }
  bool operator!=(const ModInt &p) const { return x != p.x; }

  ModInt inverse() const {
    assert(x);
    int a = x, b = mod, u = 1, v = 0, t;
    while(b > 0) {
      t = a / b;
      swap(a -= t * b, b);
      swap(u -= t * v, v);
    }
    return ModInt(u);
  }

  ModInt pow(int64_t n) const {
    ModInt ret(1), mul(x);
    while(n > 0) {
      if(n & 1) ret *= mul;
      mul *= mul;
      n >>= 1;
    }
    return ret;
  }

  friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const ModInt &p) {
    return os << p.x;
  }

  friend istream &operator>>(istream &is, ModInt &a) {
    int64_t t;
    is >> t;
    a = ModInt< mod >(t);
    return (is);
  }

  static int get_mod() { return mod; }
};

using mint = ModInt<998244353>;

int main() {
  int h, w;
  cin >> h >> w;
  vector<string> s(h);
  rep(i,0,h) cin >> s[i];
  vector<vector<mint>> dp(w, vector<mint>(w)), ndp(w, vector<mint>(w));
  dp[0][1] = 1;
  rep(t,0,h+w-4) {
    rep(i,0,w) fill(all(ndp[i]), 0);
    rep(i,0,w-1) rep(j,i+1,w) {
      int x = t+1-i, y = i, p = t+1-j, q = j;
      if (x < 0 || x >= h || p < 0 || p >= h) continue;
      rep(d,0,4) {
        int nx = x+(d%2 == 0), ny = y+(d%2 == 1);
        int np = p+(d/2 == 0), nq = q+(d/2 == 1);
        if (nx < 0 || nx >= h || ny < 0 || ny >= w || np < 0 || np >= h || nq < 0 || nq >= w) continue;
        if (ny == nq || s[nx][ny] == '#' || s[np][nq] == '#') continue;
        ndp[ny][nq] += dp[y][q];
      }
    }
    // rep(i,0,w) {
    //   rep(j,0,w) {
    //     cout << ndp[i][j] << " ";
    //   }
    //   cout << endl;
    // }
    // cout << endl;
    swap(dp, ndp);
  }
  cout << dp[w-2][w-1] << endl;
  return 0;
}