While the coastal areas are expected to get slammed by Tropical Storm Hermine, our area isn't expected to feel its impact nearly as much.

The storm came ashore across the Florida panhandle overnight, and is currently in the southern part of Georgia, according to Tom Kines, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather.Kines said the storm is expected to move northeast from there and probably be close to Cape Hatteras on the coast of North Carolina by midday Saturday. It will weaken some as it continues to move over land today and tonight, before it strengthens over the weekend as it gets over the ocean waters.From there, he said it will continue to move northeast, but will slow down quite a bit."That's the problem for the next several days. Not so much back in our neck of the woods, but coastal areas where there's going to be a prolonged period of rough surf that will cause a lot of beach erosion from the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia areas and Jersey coast, south coast of Long Island, and maybe even southern New England eventually," Kines said. "They're in for probably a few days of some really rough surf."As far as the Delmarva area is concerned, Kines said he suspects there's going to be beaches closed there this weekend because of the rough surf.He said that problem is going to shift north up by the Jersey Shore probably by Sunday or Monday because of the rough surf and riptide."As long as it's far enough off shore, it's probably a good thing for us," he said.Kines said our area will probably see a pretty good weather pattern, as a lot of sunshine is expected today with low humidity and temperatures up near 80 degrees.Saturday figures to see a sunny start to the day, before clouds move in, with highs in the upper to mid 70s, said Kines, who added we may see rain on Sunday or Sunday night.Sunshine is expected Monday through Wednesday, accompanied by a warming trend, said Kines, who added that on Labor Day, temperatures are expected to reach close to 80. Temperatures are expected to rise and be close to 90 by midweek."The impacts from Hermine aren't going to be a whole lot back here, but the coastal areas are going to get slammed," he said. "If you have plans to be in any of the coastal areas this weekend, be prepared for the beaches to be closed, and rightfully so, because it is going to be very dangerous to be in the water."