PTC1 brought from 2 inches to almost 8 inches rain to parts of the Treasure Coast

Potential Tropical Cyclone One — that upgraded to Tropical Storm Alex at 2 a.m. Sunday in the Atlantic between Florida and Bermuda — blew over the Treasure Coast Saturday with sometimes heavy soaking rains and wind gusts, canceling events and keeping many residents indoors.

Monday late morning Alex was 130 miles north-northeast of Bermuda or 1,073 miles east of Jacksonville. The weather pattern is remnants of Category 2 Hurricane Agatha that made landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico May 30 near Puerto Angelo.

There weren't any torrential downpours, but some areas of the Treasure Coast recorded significant gusts and rainfall, according to the National Weather Service. The highest rainfall total, about 7.8 inches, occurred on the barrier island in southern Indian River County.

Here's how much rain fell throughout the rest of the Treasure Coast Saturday.

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Vero Beach

Vero Beach, and Indian River County as a whole, had the heaviest rainfall by far, as well as some of the highest wind gusts.

The highest recorded rainfall in Vero Beach was about 7.2 inches, but the majority of the city experienced between 5 and 6 inches, according to the National Weather Service. The Vero Beach Highlands neighborhood in south county just north of the St. Lucie County line, reported varying amounts, from 5.5 inches to 7.5 inches.

In Indian River Shores on the barrier island, a wind gust of about 50 mph was reported. Inland, near Vero Beach Regional Airport, a wind gust reached 41 mph.

Fort Pierce

St. Lucie County didn't get as much rainfall as Indian River County. Fort Pierce recorded betwen 2,1 inches and 4.2 inches throughout the city, according to the National Weather Service. Port St. Lucie recorded 2.2 inches.

Northern St. Lucie County, near Lakewood Park, recorded about 6.6 inches of rain.

A wind gust reached 40 mph at Treasure Coast International Airport and about 38 mph on the coast, near the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant.

Stuart

With the exception of Sewall's Point — which had about 5.5 inches of rain — much of Martin County had less than 5 inches of rain Saturday.

Stuart had between 2.4 and 3.5 inches, and Jensen Beach had between 3.4 and 4.8 inches. A wind gust of about 44 mph was recorded in Jensen Beach.

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Forecast this week, more rain expected

The weather system is expected to become an "extratropical low" in the central Atlantic on Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Extratropical lows are capable of producing anything from cloudiness and mild showers to gales, thunderstorms and tornadoes.

The Treasure Coast can expect afternoon temperatures in the upper-80s through the weekend.

There's about a 40% of rain each day through Friday, said Tim Sedlock, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Melbourne.  Saturday will have the next highest chance of rain this week, he said, up to 50%.

"We're right around our average for precipitation chances as we head into the wet season here," Sedlock said.

Thomas Weber is a Digital Now Reporter at TCPalm. You can reach him at thomas.weber@tcpalm.com or 813-545-9113. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter.

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