Good morning, I'm Cedric and this is your EM Morning Brief for Tuesday, December 30, 2025.

Lake effect snow continues today downwind of lakes Erie and Ontario as the departing cyclone keeps bands locked in place.

The Weather Prediction center highlights lingering heavy bands through midweek.

Gale conditions persist on Lake Erie this morning with 30 to 35 knot winds and 8 to 13 foot waves, a hazard for small craft and shoreline travel.

Power restoration and travel recovery continue after widespread blizzard impacts from the upper Midwest into the Northeast.

Reporting today notes more than 150,000 outages at the peak with Michigan hardest hit and whiteouts in the Great Lakes corridor in the West.

Southern California faces moderate to strong Santa Ana winds through today followed by a multi day rain event mid week that could trigger rock slides, mudslides and minor debris flows on recent burn scars.

Overnight in Alaska, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck north of Yakutat.

Tsunami centers issued an information statement with no warning watch or advisory.

Let's run through the states.

Alaska overnight, a magnitude 5.1 quake about 50 to 60 miles north of Yakutat triggered a tsunami information statement, no warning watch or advisory and no immediate damage reports from state or local agencies.

California NWS Los Angeles Flags moderate to strong Santa Anas through today with downed tree risk over saturated soils and hazardous near shore marine conditions from Ventura to Santa Monica.

A series of systems brings significant rain Wednesday.

Saturday 1 to 3 inches for coasts valleys and 3 to 5 inches in mountains foothills.

Expect roadway stream flooding, rock slides and minor debris flows on recent burn scars.

Iowa I35 closures from Ames to the Minnesota line during blizzard conditions have fully reopened.

Iowa DOT confirms the overnight to Monday shutdown and phased restoration.

Maryland High wind warning continues today across the western high terrain with gusts meeting warning criteria.

Michigan Post blizzard recovery continues.

Power restoration is ongoing after peak outages exceeding 100,000 statewide.

Lake effect bands and blowing snow still reduce visibility in favored belts with marine hazards on the lakes and winter advisories active.

New York Lake effect snow warnings remain for portions of western and north central New York with whiteouts and treacherous travel in the core bands through midweek.

Ohio Lake Erie Gale warning is in effect for nearshore and open waters with 30 to 35 knot winds and 8 to 13 foot waves.

Adjacent counties see winter advisories and lake effect warnings east of Cleveland.

Pennsylvania Northwest Pennsylvania remains under lake effect snow warnings with travel impacts through Thursday evening.

Winds and squalls will create localized whiteouts and drifting, especially in Erie and Crawford counties.

Virginia High wind warning continues today across Highland county ridges with damaging gusts.

West Virginia High wind warning remains in effect for the Potomac Highlands.

Anticipate tree limbs down and sporadic outages.

All other states have no significant updates in the last 24 hours.

We'll keep tracking lake effect hazards in the Great Lakes and midweek rain impacts in Southern California.

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