Weather Alerts for NW SuffolkIssued by the National Weather Service |
 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT |
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| NW SUFFOLK | ||
Areas Affected: Northern Fairfield - Northern New Haven - Northern Middlesex - Northern New London - Southern Fairfield - Southern New Haven - Southern Middlesex - Southern New London - Western Passaic - Eastern Passaic - Hudson - Western Bergen - Eastern Bergen - Western Essex - Eastern Essex - Western Union - Eastern Union - Orange - Putnam - Rockland - Northern Westchester - Southern Westchester - New York (Manhattan) - Bronx - Richmond (Staten Is.) - Kings (Brooklyn) - Northwest Suffolk - Northeast Suffolk - Southwest Suffolk - Southeast Suffolk - Northern Queens - Northern Nassau - Southern Queens - Southern Nassau |
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| Effective: Sun, 12/14 3:49pm | Updated: Sun, 12/14 9:42pm | Urgency: Expected |
| Expires: Mon, 12/15 8:15am | Severity: Moderate | Certainty: Observed |
Details:
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. |
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