Dan Zarrow’s Weather

When will New Jersey be able to hit the beach and boardwalk, fire up the grill, and see fabulous fireworks this weekend? And when will Mother Nature interefere?

There will be some stormy weather affecting your 4th of July holiday weekend plans, but it won't be a washout and it will definitely feel like summertime.

Heat and humidity will build across New Jersey through the rest of the week, and we have one chance of thunderstorms to talk about.

We resume beautiful weather on Tuesday with low humidity and sunshine, with a big warmup on the horizon as June turns to July.

Humidity has returned to New Jersey's atmosphere, which will fuel some noisy, super soaker thunderstorms Monday afternoon.

Humidity levels will be moderate across New Jersey this weekend, with a delightful sea breeze keeping the coast cooler. Rain stays away until Monday.

Oh yes, New Jersey's forecast for the first weekend of summer is looking very good.

About 30 hours of unsettled, occasionally wet weather to go for New Jersey, before drier weather, clearer skies, and much warmer prevail for the weekend.

We could use the rain, with month-to-date rainfall below-normal and fire danger concerns across New Jersey.

The summer solstice officially arrives in New Jersey at 5:13 a.m. Tuesday morning.