Dan Zarrow’s Weather Blog

Thermometers will plummet into the 30s across most of New Jersey, with the wind chill potentially in the 20s.

This forecast is a tale of below-normal temperatures.

Raindrops will come in two rounds on Monday, with scattered showers in the morning and then the potential for gusty thunderstorms at night.

As the effect of Michael subside Friday, New Jersey will really taste the autumn chill as cooler air arrives.

In addition to periods of very heavy rain, wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible in the Garden State.

Meteorologists, reporters, and storm chasers are a little crazy in general. Putting yourself in the brunt of a major hurricane is beyond crazy.

Wednesday's high temperatures will be in the 80s for most of New Jersey, before our weather becomes wet, windy, and then much cooler.

Needless to say, the Garden State is in the middle of a very busy weather week and a big meteorological transition.

If a steamy Sunday had you hopefully holding onto summer for one more day, you could see a repeat of that later this week. If you're ready for fall in New Jersey, we have that too. It's all part of a very confusing weather pattern.

The Columbus Day Weekend forecast for the Garden State will transition from "autumn" weather back to "summer" weather.