While the weekend forecast calls for sunny skies at the Jersey Shore, rough surf conditions and life-threatening rip currents are expected to persist.

Several people had to be rescued at a beach in Rye, New Hampshire, on Friday as dangerous waves and currents hit the East Coast from Hurricane Erin.

Scattered thunderstorms and rising humidity are expected in New Jersey on Sunday to close out an otherwise sunny weekend.

Hurricane Erin is beginning to move away from the East Coast, but the threat of rip currents and gusty winds remains. Here's the latest forecast.

On Saturday at 8:04 p.m. the National Weather Service released a rip current statement valid for Sunday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. for Essex, Plymouth, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties.

On 11 August lifeguards patrolling at Tenby Castle Beach rescued six people and assisted two people using inflatables who were in difficulty caught in rip currents. The groups were using inflatables and stand-up-paddleboards, the RNLI said, which were getting swept behind St Catherine's Island by the strong currents.

Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes on Wednesday. While Erin won’t make landfall in New England, forecasters said it could regain strength and once again become a major hurricane, Category 3 or greater, on its trek north.

Rain could be an unwelcome guest at Saturday's NASCAR race at Daytona International Speedway. Plus, rip current risk continues through weekend.

Strong winds and waves battered parts of Massachusetts, and dangerous rip currents threatened beachgoers as Hurricane Erin made its way farther out to sea.