Dan Zarrow’s Weather Blog

A coastal storm system may brush past the Jersey Shore to start the upcoming weekend - that's really our only significant weather story of the week.

Temperatures will gradually cool, and we are watching a potential storm system for next weekend.

It's always different, fun, and quite a bit of work "filling in" for Dan, although we haven't come close to the detail he provides in the forecasts of the last three weeks.

The warmup across New Jersey has been incremental, if not imperceptible, over the last few days. But that will accelerate as slowly increasing cloud cover portends a wet weekend.

Wednesday is the fourth of what will eventually be six consecutive sunny, chilly days in the Garden State, as temperatures continue to warm — but not too much.

It is still plenty cold across the Garden State on this Tuesday, but although you wouldn't guess it, we are starting a gradual warmup that will have us feeling much more comfortable by the weekend.

You may notice the weather blog is a bit later in coming this morning than usual. That's because of how much harder it is to say things about the weather when there's nothing going on.

Here is a complete breakdown of the timeline, snow totals, advisories, and overall impacts of this weekend's minor/moderate winter storm.

Very cold temperatures are here to stay for a while, and we do have a decent shot at accumulating snow to start the weekend.

But New Jersey won't see all snow Saturday, as rising temperatures will force a transition to sleet and rain.