Dan Zarrow's Forecast

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.

Monday will easily be the nicest day of the week for New Jersey, before things become more complicated as wet, cooler, and potentially wintry weather moves in.

The ingredients just are not coming together for a blockbuster winter storm to start the month of February.

A coastal storm system will barely brush past New Jersey this weekend, producing a brief period of light precipitation.

We're starting to zero in on the weekend forecast, which is a "middle of the road" scenario - not a "direct hit" massive snowstorm, but not "nothing" either.