FORT PIERCE, Fla. — If it feels like the skies over the Treasure Coast have been especially unforgiving lately, you’re not imagining it.
A stretch of heavy rain, lightning, and the threat of severe storms has settled over the region — and a local meteorologist says residents should brace for more through midweek before conditions finally begin to ease.
Derrick Weitlich, a meteorologist with The National Weather Service in Melbourne, says the unsettled stretch traces back to last Friday, when a cold front approached the area and kicked off an increase in atmospheric moisture…