Good morning.
Speaker AI'm Cedric and This is your EM Morning Brief for Wednesday, November 26, 2025 a strong early season winter event continues to impact the upper Midwest and Great Lakes today.
Speaker AThe National Weather Service maintains blizzard and winter storm warnings for parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and winter storm lake effect snow headlines expanding into northern Michigan, northeast Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania and western central New York.
Speaker AExpect dangerous holiday travel in the heaviest bands with whiteouts and gusts 40-50 mph.
Speaker AWeather Prediction center guidance emphasizes heavy lake effect snow through Thanksgiving with minimal flood risk nationwide.
Speaker AIn the tropics, the National Hurricane center reports no active cyclones in the Atlantic or eastern Pacific overnight in Hawaii, USGS recorded a magnitude 4.6 quake 15 km south southeast of Fern Forest on the island of Hawaii.
Speaker ALet's run through the states.
Speaker AAlaska FEMA reports one month into Dr. 4893 remnants of Typhoon halong state and federal Support has surpassed $41 million.
Speaker ASurvivors have four weeks left to apply.
Speaker AThe current deadline is Dec. 22.
Speaker AEncourage residents to apply@disasterassistance.gov or via the FEMA app and to keep receipts and damaged documentation for inspections.
Speaker AHawaii USGS reports a magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 9:49 UDC 11:49pm HST2 about 15 km south southeast of Fern Forest.
Speaker AHawaii county depth by 5 km.
Speaker ANo tsunami product is issued for an inland quake.
Speaker AIllinois Gusty west winds persist behind the front.
Speaker ANWS.
Speaker AChicago Highlights frequent 30-40 mph gusts today with scattered flurries and brief visibility reductions.
Speaker AMichigan Upper Peninsula Blizzard warning continues for Keweenaw, Ontonagon, northern Houghton, Baraga and Gojibic whiteouts and dangerous travel today into Thanksgiving morning.
Speaker ANorthern Lower Peninsula and parts of western Lower Winter storm warnings with heavy lake effect and 40 to 50 mile per hour gusts tonight through Friday.
Speaker AMinnesota Snow winds down west to east this morning, but blowing snow and 20-45 mph gusts continue.
Speaker AWinter storm warnings remain for parts of east central Minnesota.
Speaker AMontana Winter weather advisories early today for portions of the Little Belt, Highwood and Big Belt Bridger Castle Mountains and for the Missoula area.
Speaker ALight snow on the passes and brief slick travel through late morning.
Speaker ANew York Western lake effect snow warnings from early Thursday through early Saturday Wind advisory this afternoon into tonight and a lakeshore flood advisory this evening along Lake Erie.
Speaker AOhio Northeast Ohio under wind advisories today into early Friday with lake effect snow warnings from early Thursday into Friday evening.
Speaker AFriday Snowbelt Counties NWS Cleveland Notes 8 to 18 inches plus possible and favored terrain gale force winds produce hazardous Lake Erie conditions and low water issues in the western basin.
Speaker APennsylvania Pennsylvania Lake effect Snow Warnings from 1am Thursday to 1am Saturday for Erie and Crawford.
Speaker AEight to 20 inches possible with gusts to 50 mph.
Speaker AWisconsin Northwest Wisconsin remains under winter storm warnings through tonight with blowing snow and reduced visibility.
Speaker AConditions improve late tonight as winds ease.
Speaker ASouth Shore Lake effect continues into this evening.
Speaker AWyoming NWS Cheyenne highlights a high wind warning for traditional wind prone corridors.
Speaker AArlington Elk Mountain, Bordeaux beginning late Thursday into Friday.
Speaker AAll other states have no significant updates in the last 24 hours.