Dan Zarrow’s Weather Blog

Friday's weather will be cruddy, especially along the Jersey Shore. The ocean will be angry. But the weekend looks good!

As the storm draws closer, we'll first see clouds, then some rain, then a bit of wind and storm surge.

The center of Hurricane Dorian is expected to pass about 300 miles from New Jersey on Friday, close enough to raise wind and surf concerns.

The center of the storm will pass about 250 miles from the Jersey Shore — close enough to deliver some wind, rain, rough surf, and coastal flooding.

Even if the major hurricane turns out to sea, NJ could still feel some weather and surf impacts later this week.

If someone was describing you, you would want them to say you were mostly nice, right? Like 75% nice? That's about what this holiday weekend will be, if you're counting Friday as the start of it.

Wednesday was pretty dreary all around New Jersey, but that should not be the case again until, well, the day that puts the "holiday" in "holiday weekend."

We've revised the outlook for New Jersey back to what we told you on Monday.

There's a bit of rain to contend with here and there, but the promise of the last summer holiday weekend is enough to make you want to leave work right now.

The Garden State gets a couple more days with temperatures in the 70s before starting to feel more summerlike again.