Miami –

A storm system will likely bring heavy rain to the Azores Islands over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Saturday.

Subtropical Storm Patty is expected to produce about 2.5 to 5 centimeters of precipitation across the archipelago through Sunday.

The Hurricane Center says swells generated by Patty are likely to cause dangerous wave and rip current conditions. Patty is seeing maximum sustained winds of around 50 mph with higher gusts.

The Azores are a chain of islands located approximately 1,287 kilometers off the coast of Portugal. Separately, a tropical storm formed over the Pacific Ocean early Saturday but remained far from the coast of Mexico.

Tropical Storm Lane was located about 1,500 miles (2,455 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported in an advisory Saturday morning.

There were no coastal watches or immediate warnings in effect. The storm is expected to begin to weaken on Sunday.