Winter weather alerts were in place today for every state across the US, with high wind alerts in effect for more than 140 million people in the nation.

And an intense blast of cold weather making its way across the country to New Jersey.

Now that's expected to hit later this weekend or early next week.

But first, more rain.

After a brief reprieve from the wet weather, residents in flood prone areas are bracing for this latest storm that will bring with it up to an inch and a half of rain and 60 mile per hour wind gusts in some areas, especially along the shore, according to forecasters.

They say the rain is likely to be heaviest overnight into tomorrow morning.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for 16 counties, along with multiple other winter weather warnings and advisories for the state.

All this while residents are still sopping up their basements and dealing with the flooding brought on from Tuesday's storm.

While towns like Patterson and Wayne, well, they're just seeing the effects of that rainfall today.

Now that the Passaic River has finally crested, either way, forecasters seem to agree the weather has been relentless.