Dan Zarrow’s Weather Blog

Nothing overly dramatic in New Jersey's weather forecast, but we will go from jacket weather to needing an umbrella to grabbing the winter coat this week.

It's not a big, bad, brutal blast of arctic air — but a rare taste of cold air, making it finally feel like February for a couple of days.

From wet to dry, and from mild to cold.

New Jersey's forecast looks dry and calm during the day Wednesday, wet Wednesday night, rainy and windy Thursday, and then downright cold on Friday.

There are one or two batches of rain on the way, in addition to a bit of light snow. New Jersey's biggest weather story is a big cooldown at week's end.

The week ahead also includes one minor chance of wintry weather, followed by a big cooldown.

This active weather week ends with one more batch of rain, a High Wind Warning, and the arrival of colder air.

Weather in a word: Wet. Pockets of steady to heavy rain will impact New Jersey pretty much all day Thursday, through Thursday night and much of Friday too.

Lots to talk about in this weather forecast, including drenching rain, the risk for some icy mix, a warmup, and a cooldown.

There could be some wintry mix around, amidst wild temperature swings, but the ice threat is now looking more limited.