Dan Zarrow's Forecast

New Jersey really could use some rain to help with high fire danger and pollen count, and it is coming to start the weekend.

New Jersey's fire danger is not particularly high right now, but we have not seen appreciable widespread rain in almost two weeks.

After stray showers clear the coast Tuesday morning, New Jersey's next rain chance holds off until the end of the week.

Monday actually looks like New Jersey's coolest day of the week.

New Jersey's wettest period of this forecast will be Friday night.

Showers will arrive late Thursday, with New Jersey's wettest period of weather coming late Friday.

Not only is New Jersey about to get wet again, but temperatures will also stay cooler than normal through the weekend.

Although New Jersey's stretch of unsettled weather is over, the next two days will feel more like early March than early April.

It is difficult to pick a "nicest weather day" of the week, as we transition from periods of rain Monday to a few days of blustery weather.

"Unsettled" is still the name of the game for the next 72 hours, although New Jersey will see more dry hours than wet this weekend.