First Alert Weather: Yellow Alert for NYC and N.J. wind; N.J. river flooding concerns

Alerts & advisoriesAlert: We're on Yellow Alert today due to strong winds – tropical storm-force winds – that could take down tree limbs and result in power outages. There's also a Wind Advisory that will remain in effect for the entire area until this evening.Why is it so windy today? The culprit is a strong, departing low pressure system that impacted our area over the weekend combined with an approaching high pressure system over the Midwest and the South.

In fact, just in the last few hours we've seen wind gusts approach 60 mph!Thankfully, the winds will subside tonight as high pressure eases in and ultimately gets the upper hand.And outside of a benign breeze on Tuesday, it will be considerably quiet the remainder of the week.Advisories:Wind Advisory until 11 p.m. for gusts up to 55+ mphFlood Warnings along the Passaic until WednesdayForecastToday: Colder, blustery morning with wind chills in the 20s.

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