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According to the National Weather Service's Mount Holly station, two cold fronts will sweep across New Jersey Monday night into Tuesday night, bringing temperatures in the teens and single digits across the state.
The weather office has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for the region due to the high winds that would cause dangerously severe wind chills.
"We're actually dealing with two cold fronts," said Mount Holly meteorologist Jonathan O'Brien.
According to him, the two cold fronts cause a "step down" in temperatures into Tuesday's polar cold.
The first cold front will bring highs in the 20s and 30s on Monday, but the second cold front, which will approach the area Monday evening, will bring dangerously low temperatures, according to O'Brien.
"That's the one that's going to really release some arctic air into the region, basically from (Monday) night to Tuesday night," he added. "There will be a 36-hour period of extremely frigid temperatures."
Wind chills will make such temperatures feel even colder, with temperatures near or below zero in the coldest areas, according to him.
The cold could be life-threatening for people who do not have access to reliable heat. In anticipation of subfreezing conditions, New Jersey counties announced that their "Code Blue" warming shelters would open.
Call 211 or the New Jersey homeless hotline at 877-652-1148 if you need to get out of the cold.
