As of Wednesday, the ocean temperatures off of the Outer Banks were 84.7 degrees F. Afterwards, it quickly tracked across Long Island and Long Island Sound before making a second and final landfall near New Haven, Connecticut as a slightly weaker hurricane with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h), making it one of only three recorded tropical cyclones to hit Connecticut as major hurricanes. Water temperatures are inviting in all of those places. Wind gusts of up to 70 mph and tides of 7.2 feet (2.3 m) above normal are reported in New York City and. 30,000 people are evacuated in New York in anticipation of Belle. The last time one was issued in our area August 2011, for Irene. 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. August 11, 1976: Hurricane Belle makes landfall on Long Island as a Category 1 hurricane on the SaffirSimpson hurricane scale, producing up to 6 inches (150 mm) of rain. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - For the first time in 10 years, we have a hurricane watch up for parts of Long Island. 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. As 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.