N.J. weather: Here’s how strong Friday’s winds were blowing in your county - NJ.com

In some neighborhoods, trash cans flew around, traffic lights swayed and tree branches snapped as fierce winds fueled by two strong weather systems whipped across New Jersey for more than 10 hours on Friday.

Wind gusts in several counties topped 50 mph, and some towns clocked gusts as high as 55 to 59 mph, according to data compiled by the National Weather Service and the Rutgers NJ Weather Network.

By comparison, tropical storms pack sustained winds of 39 mph to 73 mph. Even though Friday’s winds were not sustained, the gusts were strong enough to knock out power to thousands of homes and businesses in New Jersey.

What caused all that wind?

Jonathan O’Brien, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s forecast office in Mount Holly, blamed it on the big gap — technically known as a gradient — in the atmospheric pressure between a strong low pressure system that was spinning near the Great Lakes and a strong high pressure system that was circulating off the Atlantic coast.

“We were sandwiched between the strong low to the northwest and the strong high to the east,” O’Brien said, which is why New Jersey ended up with hours of warm, dry air and persistent winds.

The warm, dry air gave the Garden State a summer-like afternoon with record-breaking temperatures that soared into the upper 70s to low 80s. Temperatures are much lower on Saturday, but it’s still shaping up to be a pleasant spring day, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the 60s.

Forecasters say a big downturn is expected on Sunday, with cloudy skies, rain showers in the morning and the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening.

Here’s a look at the highest wind gusts reported in 19 of the 21 counties across the state on Friday:

Atlantic County

• Atlantic City: 49 mph
• Mullica Twp.: 43 mph
• Pleasantville Point: 43 mph

Bergen County

• Old Tappan: 51 mph
• Fair Lawn: 49 mph
• Teterboro Airport: 49 mph
• Oakland: 45 mph

Burlington County

• McGuire Air Force Base: 49 mph
• Moorestown: 48 mph
• Mount Holly: 47 mph
• Lumberton: 45 mph
• Tabernacle: 43 mph

Camden County

• Pine Hill: 53 mph
• Pennsauken: 49 mph

Cape May County

• Ocean City: 40 mph

Cumberland County

• Upper Deerfield: 43 mph

Gloucester County

• Logan Twp.: 51 mph
• Kingsway Regional H.S.: 41 mph
• Washington Township: 41 mph

Essex County

• Newark Liberty Airport: 59 mph
• Caldwell: 48 mph

Hudson County

No wind reports available

Hunterdon County

• Pittstown: 47 mph
• Alexandria Twp.: 44 mph
• Milford: 42 mph

Mercer County

• Trenton: 49 mph
• Hopewell: 44 mph

Middlesex County

• Deans (South Brunswick): 45 mph
• Carteret: 44 mph
• East Brunswick: 41 mph
• New Brunswick: 41 mph

Monmouth County

• Port Monmouth: 56 mph
• North Middletown: 51 mph
• Sea Girt: 49 mph
• Cream Ridge: 45 mph
• Belmar/ Farmingdale: 44 mph
• Millstone Township: 43 mph
• Oceanport: 42 mph
• Keyport: 42 mph
• Monmouth Beach: 40 mph

Morris County

• Morristown: 46 mph
• Pompton Plains: 41 mph
• Randolph: 40 mph

Ocean County

• Mantoloking: 57 mph
• Rutgers: 50 mph
• Seaside Heights: 50 mph
• Toms River: 49 mph
• Lakehurst: 49 mph
• Tuckerton: 49 mph
• Beach Haven: 47 mph
• Berkeley Twp.: 46 mph
• Harvey Cedars: 45 mph
• Island Heights: 45 mph
• Ship Bottom: 44 mph
• Trixies: 44 mph
• Brick: 42 mph
• North Beach Haven: 41 mph
• Mantoloking: 40 mph
• Jackson: 40 mph
• Lakewood: 40 mph
• Point Pleasant: 40 mph
• Point Pleasant Beach: 40 mph
• Point Pleasant: 40 mph

Passaic County

No wind reports available

Salem County

• Lower Alloways Creek: 48 mph
• Mannington: 35 mph

Somerset County

• Basking Ridge: 40 mph

Sussex County

• High Point Monument: 59 mph
• Wantage: 47 mph
• Andover: 46 mph
• Sussex: 44 mph
• Lafayette: 43 mph
• High Point: 42 mph
• Wallkill River: 40 mph

Union County

• Linden Airport: 48 mph

Warren County

• Stewartsville: 45 mph
• Belvidere: 42 mph
• Blairstown: 40 mph

ALSO: Full March worm moon of 2021 to shine this weekend. 3 supermoons to follow.

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Len Melisurgo may be reached at LMelisurgo@njadvancemedia.com.

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