![]() ![]() ![]() The water at beaches in Atlantic City was 78.4 F, and 72.5 F in the waters off Montauk and 75.6 F near Nantucket.Īs pleasant as the water temperatures might be, beachgoers will be wise to remain cautious through the weekend and into early next week given the risks of heavy surf and rip currents from Henri even if it remains offshore.Īccording to data from NOAA, more people have died as a result of rip currents on a yearly basis over the last decade than from lightning strikes or due to impacts from extreme cold combined. As of Wednesday, the ocean temperatures off of the Outer Banks were 84.7 degrees F. Water temperatures are inviting in all of those places. Henri is expected to become the first hurricane. The National Hurricane Center said Henri came ashore in the Rhode Island coastal town of Westerly around 12:30 p.m. A satellite image shows Tropical Storm Henri moving toward the Northeast coast on Friday, August 20. The final weekends of August are big with vacationers who visit places like North Carolina's Outer Banks, the Jersey Shore, Montauk, New York, and Nantucket and Cape Cod in New England. Henri, which was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm Sunday morning, was downgraded again to a tropical depression about eight hours after making landfall in New England. The AccuWeather Eye Path® was updated on Wednesday afternoon and showed the outer edge of the forecast cone swiping the Jersey Shore and much of Long Island and eastern New England were within the possible cone of movement. Through Saturday, Henri will spin well offshore, but by later this weekend and early next week, Henri could set its sights closer to the coast. The storm may also further strengthen as it moves closer to the East Coast.Īs Henri churns off the coast, the primary risks will be rough surf and dangerous rip currents at the beaches up and down the Eastern Seaboard through the rest of this week and this weekend. Heavy rainfall will continue to lead to considerable flash, urban, and small stream flooding, along with the potential for additional minor to isolated moderate river flooding over portions of Long Island, New England, eastern New York, New Jersey and northeast Pennsylvania. Henri will finally break out of its loop this weekend, and it will take a more northerly or northeasterly track, AccuWeather forecasters say. Satellite images, weather maps and tracks of Category 1 Hurricane Henri 2021, August 14 - 24.
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