Dan Zarrow's Forecast

Air quality is still in the "Hazardous" category for part of New Jersey Friday morning, as we look ahead to cleaner air, less haze, and a few spot showers.

New Jersey's Air Quality Alert and unprecedented air quality emergency continues, although concentrations of wildfire smoke will gradually thin on Thursday.

The sky will still look ominous, the air will smell smoky, and air quality will be unhealthy across New Jersey on Wednesday, due to Canadian wildfires.

This will probably be the warmest day of the workweek for New Jersey, with high temperatures around 80 degrees.

There will be a few hit-or-miss showers and thunderstorms around New Jersey on a few days, but unfortunately not the widespread soaking we really need.

Friday could be the hottest day of 2023 so far for much of New Jersey, but the summerlike warmth will not last into the first weekend of June.

However, a cooldown and spotty showers will arrive in New Jersey to usher in the first weekend of June.

Smoke from a trio of wildfires in Nova Scotia, Canada will continue to have an impact on New Jersey's weather Wednesday.

The skies over New Jersey will stay mainly clear but hazy, the ocean will remain rough, and rain chances will be woefully minimal this week.

There will be clouds and possibly a few showers in New Jersey over the holiday weekend, but temperatures will climb from springy 70s to summerlike 80s.