Dan Zarrow’s Weather

December begins on a blustery note, with a biting wind chill across New Jersey on Thursday.

Be sure to secure garbage cans and holiday decorations, watch for downed branches and trees, hold on to the steering wheel, and expect sporadic power outages.

Our next storm system will produce a period of inclement nasty weather across New Jersey during the daytime hours on Wednesday.

Looking ahead to the final days of November, temperatures will ride a roller coaster across New Jersey, with one notable burst of rain and wind on the way.

Two of these seven bullet points involve inclement weather for New Jersey — and we're talking about rain, not snow.

The before-Thanksgiving forecast looks great, but New Jersey's after-Thanksgiving weather will turn a bit iffy and occasionally wet.

A chilly, blustery weekend is ahead, with New Jersey's coldest days and nights of the season so far.

As you may have noticed, we are in the middle of a stark cooling trend; by the weekend, temperatures will be more typical of the 'dead of winter' here in NJ.

It's going to feel December-ish and even January-ish across New Jersey for the foreseeable future, as temperatures run way below seasonal norms.

Please jump off the 'snow hype train' — an impending coastal storm system will be primarily wet as it pushes into New Jersey by Tuesday night.