The Steamship Authority has not cancelled any trips yet due to the weather, but advised customers that trips may be cancelled late Sunday afternoon and that they should check the website for updates. There were strong winds and 12-foot waves crashing into each other repeatedly.
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Mercer says the path of the storm is still uncertain, so people should check their weather forecasts in case the intensity changes.
“It was the storm that wasn’t”, he said.
Labor Day weekend plans that include a beach trip may have to change for residents living in coastal areas from Virginia to CT.
“Widespread moderate to major flooding is now expected with the Sunday evening high tide and the Monday morning high tide, especially from Atlantic City south to coastal DE, when the storm is expected to make its closest approach to the area”, the weather service said, adding that significant beach erosion is forecast. “Oh, my God. My hands were white knuckles, and the water was so high”.
Forecasters warned swimmers and boaters along the Eastern Seaboard to stay out of treacherous waters and rough surf churned up by the storm.
On Sunday afternoon, he said a few homes still lacked power.
“Definitely, the storm has tracked further east so the further away it is from us, the less impact there is”, said Jay Engle of the National Weather Service in Upton.
Wind speeds are anticipated to be most intense during that time as well. Tropical storm watches and warnings remained in effect for wide parts of the Mid-Atlantic states and the Northeast, including New Jersey and DE, where Rehoboth Beach could experience wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour and life-threatening storm surges during high tide late Sunday and into Monday.
A third death associated with Tropical Storm Hermine has been reported as the storm moves along the East Coast.
Hermine’s center “will meander slowly offshore of the mid-Atlantic coast for the next couple of days”, the center said in its early Monday advisory.
The storm was expected to spend the next several days meandering in the Atlantic, gaining some strength.
Hermine, which was downgraded to a posttropical cyclone, was spinning over the Atlantic Ocean, about 120 miles southeast of the eastern tip of Long Island on Monday night, according to the National Weather Service.
Berg said potential storm-surge inundation levels of no more than 1 to 3 feet (30 cm to 1 meter) were expected in coastal areas.
The storm surge should be less powerful – but at 2-4 feet, still risky – along coastal areas of New York City, eastern Long Island and Newport, Rhode Island, the weather service said.
The city’s beaches are slated to be closed to swimming, bathing, and surfing Monday because of the rip currents, They will possibly be closed Tuesday.
“It’s getting chewed up a bit”, he said.
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Rainfall is expected to be minimal, with only about 2/3 of an inch now projected.
