NEW YORK CITY — Hermine may not have rained on the city's Labor Day Parade as predicted, but the storm is still bringing high winds and dangerous rip tides to the city, officials said.
The storm — which hit Florida as a Category One hurricane on Friday — was forecast to slam the city with tropical storm conditions for several days starting Sunday.
Instead, Sunday turned into a beautiful day as the center of the storm moved further east than originally expected, according to the National Weather Service.
Hermine, which was downgraded to a Post-Tropical Cyclone, is expected to "meander slowly" off the coast of Long Island until it moves north east on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.
A tropical storm warning for the city was lifted Sunday night, but officials said Hermine could still bring high winds and rip currents to the coast and beaches will remain closed to swimmers on Monday and Tuesday.
"My number one concern is the dangerous rip currents we are going to experience," Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement.
"We are reminding people to refrain from going into the water. Even though the forecast has improved, the waters will still be extremely dangerous."
Hermine is still expected to hit the city with winds on Monday, with gusts as high as 40 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
Due to the warm waters off the East Coast and cold air, the storm has potential to strengthen still, the National Weather Service said.
"We think it could become a hurricane force again," said Dr. Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, on Periscope.
"What that’s going to cause is persistent onshore flow toward the Aid-Atlantic states. The most dangerous aspect to the storm is going to be to the beaches."
