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Update: Weather alert affecting 5 N.J. counties until Monday morning

On Sunday at 3:49 p.m. the National Weather Service released an updated special weather statement until Monday at 8:15 a.m. for Passaic, Hudson, Bergen, Essex and Union counties.

“Travelers are advised to use caution for areas of black ice through the Monday morning commute. Temps will drop well down into the the teens tonight, with any moisture or slush on untreated surfaces quickly refreezing after sundown. Gusty winds of 30 to 40 mph may bring down additional snow laden tree branches through the overnight, with isolated power outages possible. In addition, wind chills will fall to around zero for the NYC/NJ metro and coast, and as low as 8 below zero across the interior tonight into Monday morning. At these temperatures, frostbite can occur in as little as a half hour on unprotected skin,” states the weather service.

Advance Local Weather Alerts is a service provided by United Robots, which uses machine learning to compile the latest data from the National Weather Service.

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