Sunny to partly cloudy with a couple of showers in the morning and a high of 86

CHRISTIANSTED — St. Croix will have a couple of showers in the morning; otherwise it will be sunny to partly cloudy with a high of 86, AccuWeather said.

Tonight St. Croix will be mainly clear with a low of 70, according to AccuWeather.

Our area will have mostly stable conditions and showers in the afternoon, the National Weather Service said.

The HIGH risk of rip currents CONTINUES today across Culebra, St. Thomas, St. John and northern Puerto Rico.

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.