You didn’t have to go outside Friday morning to get a sense of how strong those winds were. In many places across New Jersey, you could hear the gusts howling or feel your windows rattle as a powerful cold front swept across the region and brought some fast-moving thunderstorms along for the ride. Gusts as high as 65 mph were reported in parts of Essex, Ocean and Sussex counties, and many other areas of the state had gusts as strong as 50 to 60 mph, according to preliminary data from the National Weather Service and the Rutgers NJ Weather Network. Live N.J. power outage trackerAlthough the win…