As of Sunday evening, tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 230 miles from the center and Hermine could possibly re-strengthen into a hurricane in the next day or so, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
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Hermine’s march up the East Coast shifted toward the east Sunday, lessening the storm’s impact on coastal New Jersey, Delaware and New York City.
The bunker was at a level 2 partial activation Monday morning.
Hermine, now categorized a post-tropical storm, is forecast to linger off the coast until Wednesday.
As the threat to New Jersey waned, Governor Chris Christie ordered Island Beach State Park reopened forMonday, while warning that lingering rip currents and rough surf might still make the ocean unsafe for swimmers. Waseca, Minn., reported a midday total of 1.89 inches of rain.
Out to sea, Hermine is expected to regain hurricane-force winds – about 75 miles per hour – sometime during the remainder of the holiday weekend, although the National Weather Service will not officially call it a hurricane.
Hermine’s position Monday southeast of Nantucket created 20-foot waves and wind gusts of up to 50 kph about 55 miles southeast of the island, Buttrick said.
Field did warn that local residents should stay out of the water if they head to the beach over the holiday and into Tuesday and Wednesday, since Hermine is expected to linger a couple hundred miles off the coast and cause risky rip currents and surf.
The National Hurricane Center said Hermine was expected to become almost stationary by Tuesday night before turning toward the northeast Wednesday.
Hermine rose over the Gulf of Mexico and hit Florida on Friday as a Category 1 hurricane before weakening to a tropical storm across Georgia.
Leon County – located in the northwestern part of the state at the top of the Big Bend – reported the most outages – 19% of its customers had no power.
Hermine has been linked to at least two deaths – a man sleeping in a tent in Ocala who died after a tree fell on him and the death of a truck driver whose vehicle overturned due to high winds in eastern North Carolina.
Elizabeth Brister, 23, saw her Labor Day weekend plans in “A.C.” blow away in the wind.
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Governors along the Eastern Seaboard announced emergency preparations.
