Though major impact evaded, Hermine still spins just offshore

Hermine is slowly lurching back toward the coast, but forecasters predict the storm will weaken over the next several days.

New Jersey has likely avoided the worst impact from Post-Tropical Cyclone Hermine, but the storm remains just offshore and is slowly creeping back toward the coast. 

A more easterly track than expected spared the Jersey Shore from a prolonged and severe lashing from Hermine, which has sustained winds of 70 miles per hour and is located about 185 miles east of Atlantic City.  

Hermine has been inching north and west over the last 12 hours and is expected to do so until as late as Wednesday. But forecasters expect the storm to slowly weaken as it does, likely sparing New Jersey from major impact.  

It will however, likely keep tides high, winds brisk and surf dangerous, with swells creating a significant risk of rip currents.

Tropical Storm warnings were dropped last night for the Garden State, but forecasters say moderate flooding is still possible over the next several tide cycles as Hermine remains nearby.  

Model guidance suggests that Hermine, or what's left of it, will depart by late week and be replaced by more oppressive heat. Temperatures could peak in the upper 90s during the second half of the week, before returning to more seasonable levels after the weekend.