Dan Zarrow's Forecast

The unseasonable warmth will come crashing to an end this weekend, as a strong cold front brings strong thunderstorms then a big cooldown to New Jersey.

Saturday will be New Jersey's cold front day, as we transition from warm to windy to wet to October-ish.

Warmth will be New Jersey's big weather story for the next four days, although a burst of rain and wind this weekend will mark a big cooldown for next week.

A pesky coastal low will throw clouds and sprinkles at NJ for one more day, with a big warmup and then a big cooldown in the forecast.

This is a less-than-great, damp, dreary weather forecast for the Columbus Day holiday weekend, unfortunately.

Partly sunny skies and pleasantly mild temperatures both Thursday and Friday will be followed by cloudy, breezy, cooler, showery weather for the weekend.

The rest of the workweek features generally pleasant weather, although a coastal storm system could bring some trouble to New Jersey's sky and surf this weekend.

You can feel the humidity in the air, a signal that unsettled, occasionally wet, and possibly stormy weather is on the way for New Jersey.

This forecast is pretty sunny and pretty spectacular, with our next chance of rain holding off until early next week.

A quiet, pleasant end to September will lead to a quiet, pleasant beginning to October across New Jersey.