High rain chances continue daily during the week and into the weekend on the Treasure Coast, National Weather Service officials said.
Rain chances are 60% to 70% every day starting Aug. 31 and through the first week of September, said meteorologist Scott Kelly with the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
Showers are expected onshore overnight and into the morning hours before they move inland in the afternoon, Kelly said. Lightning and gusty winds up to 40 mph are possible.
Most areas won't see flooding because less than a half-inch of rain is expected daily, he said, but locally heavier amounts always are possible.
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Temperatures remain seasonably warm and humid with highs in upper 80s to about 90 degrees, he said. The heat index, or what it feels like, remains at 100 to 104 degrees.
"Days are getting shorter, gradually, so that's helping," Kelly said.
Most of the credit is given to wind coming off the Atlantic Ocean, he said, along with clouds and showers keeping temperatures closer to normal rather than above normal.
He said those daily storms are normal for this time of the year, because it's still summertime and wet season in Florida.
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Regarding rainfall amounts, the Treasure Coast is above normal so far this year, Kelly said.
From Jan. 1 through Aug. 30, the total rainfall for Fort Pierce was 41.92 inches, which is 7.85 inches above normal.
For the same time period, the total rainfall for Vero Beach was 39.16 inches, which is 3.99 inches above normal.
The total rainfall so far this year for Stuart wasn't available Aug. 31, but Kelly said it would be later in the week.
Laurie K. Blandford is a breaking news reporter with TCPalm. Email her at [email protected].
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