Good morning.

I'm Cedric and This is your EM Morning Brief for Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Dangerous Heat Grips Southern California today into Wednesday evening with heat advisories from Los Angeles, Ventura into the Inland Empire and San Diego valleys.

A strong fall cold front sweeps southeast Texas and coastal Louisiana today with a marginal severe risk, isolated strong storms and a sharp wind shift followed by hazardous marine conditions offshore.

Farther north, brisk onshore flow drives small craft advisories and gales along parts of the Mid Atlantic and southern New England waters while patchy frost nips interior New England early this morning.

In the tropics, Hurricane Melissa remains a powerful system over the Caribbean.

While not a US Landfall threat today, it continues to influence rip current and surf messaging along portions of Florida's Atlantic beaches.

Finally, the USGS logs a small quake off the Northern California coast.

No damage reported.

Let's run through the States.

California heat advisories run 10am Tuesday to 7pm Wednesday for much of Los Angeles and Ventura counties with highs well into the 90s.

Inland similar advisories run 11am 2 to 7pm Wednesday for Orange county inland, the Inland Empire and San Diego county valleys.

A wind advisory also appears in parts of the LA Mountains foothills today.

Colorado Hard freeze headlines expand tonight.

The National Weather Service posts A freeze warning 10pm Tuesday to 10am Wednesday for portions of the Southeast including Cannon City and Springfield.

Baca county with lows down into the teens and twenties.

Connecticut early morning frost advisories cover portions of Interior CT through 9:00am with Patchy Frost where skies cleared.

Florida beach hazards remain the main concern along parts of the Atlantic coast.

NWS Melbourne highlights a beach hazard statement for coastal Volusia through early Wednesday and a rip current statement covers portions of the Northeast coast.

A river flood warning also persists for parts of the St. Johns Basin this morning.

Louisiana A strong front pushes through today.

NWS Lake Charles notes a marginal severe risk as storms accompany the boundary.

Behind it.

Hazardous marine conditions develop with a gale watch warning offshore and small craft advisories on area bays and sounds.

Massachusetts Patchy frost advisories brush Interior early today while persistent Northeast flow keeps small craft advisories on the coastal waters with 20 to 30 knot gusts and 4 to 9 foot seas.

New Jersey Marine hazards dominate a gale warning and small craft advisories remain in effect for New Jersey, Delaware, Atlantic waters and the lower Delaware Bay as fresh northeast winds build seas.

Coastal flooding is not the primary concern today.

Texas A stout cold front sweeps southeast Texas this afternoon.

Evening.

NWS Houston highlights a broken line of showers and a few stronger storms with the boundary then brisk northwest winds and a sharp cooldown into Wednesday.

The Storm Prediction center carries a marginal severe risk in far southeast Texas.

Strongest winds and rough seas develop offshore late today.

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

That's the brief.

We'll keep watch through tonight and be back in the morning.

Stay safe.