Traffic back-ups appeared normal Tuesday morning as commuters dealt with rain and the remnants of a wintry mix Monday night.
ESSEX COUNTY -- The county got by mostly unscathed from the first winter weather event of the season Monday night.
PSE&G was reporting few outages across the state Tuesday morning, with only one in Essex County affecting fewer than five customers in Newark. The company cited an estimated restoration time of 9:45 a.m. JCP&L reported an outage in Livingston affecting fewer than five customers Tuesday morning, with an estimated restoration of 11 a.m.
According to 511nj.org, morning commute traffic Tuesday did not appear abnormal, with slow-downs on the Garden State Parkway northbound near Exits 147 through 150, the New Jersey Turnpike Eastern Spur in both directions near Interchange 15E, and on U.S. 1 & 9 northbound approaching the Pulaski Skyway.
The National Weather Service reported rain would continue until about 1 p.m. Tuesday, with patchy fog. Between a quarter and a half inch of rain is expected to fall in Essex County Tuesday, it said.
Temperatures are expected to remain in the mid-40s.
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