UPDATE: Residents Reporting Widespread Outages

Several Bloomingdale roads are now closed, including sections of Macopin Road, Glenwild Avenue and Union Avenue, due to downed wires and trees in roadways, Bloomingdale police said in a SWIFT Reach 911 reverse emergency message.

Police also said snow removal is being hampered due to downed, dangerous wires and trees in the road.

"Due to severe weather conditions, all residents are asked to stay indoors and off roadways to allow emergency crews to clear downed wires and the power company to work on restoring electricity," Chief Joe Borrell said in the message.

Numerous trees have fallen and there are widespread power outages in the tri-boro, readers have reported on Facebook.

"Trees are falling on Main Street in Bloomingdale in the Rite Aid parking lot and near the Wachovia bank and across from the bank," Jess Vanderhoff reported.

Katie Goddard credited Butler Electric for restoring her power within two hours, despite "a ton of branches and chucks of trees down on Woodward Ave." in Bloomingdale, she said.

Others haven't been as fortunate.

One resident in Morse Lakes has been without power for more than four hours, a resident of Fayson Lakes has been in the dark since 2 p.m., and ongoing outages have been reported in the "flats" section of Bloomingdale near Delazier Field and Van Dam and Reeve avenues.

Earlier Saturday, Kinnelon's Office of Emergency Management issued a Nixle alert asking residents to avoid the roadways.

According to an alert released by the OEM, there are "many trees and wires" down and there are vehicles have become stuck in the heavy snow with roads impassible. Among the roads impassible are Kinnelon Road, Fayson Lakes Road, Route 23 and most of Kinnelon's secondary roads, the OEM alert said.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Morris and Passaic counties, with 5 to 8 inches expected in the tri-boro.

According to WeatherSource, a trace of snow has been recorded at the Boonton measuring station 15 times in October since 1950. The last time it happened was on Oct. 4, 1987.

This weekend's pre-Halloween storm is expected to pick up during the Saturday afternoon hours, producing as much as 1 to 2 inches per hour, according to the NWS. Reduced visibility will make traveling difficult, the NWS said.

The weight of the snow could bring down tree limbs and power lines, while temperatures will hover in the upper 30s to low 40s before dropping to near-freezing Saturday night, the NWS said. Winds gusts of up to 30 miles per hour are expected, the NWS said.

Patch will continue to provide updates throughout the storm. What does it look like in your neighborhood? Let us know in the comments and upload your own photos to this post.