St. Croix: Intervals of clouds and sunshine, breezy in the morning, a brief shower or 2, high 89

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will see intervals of clouds and sunshine; it will be breezy in the morning with a brief shower or two and a high of 89, AccuWeather said.

Tonight St. Croix will be clear to partly cloudy with a low of 77, according to AccuWeather.

A cold front over Hispaniola continues its approach to the islands today, the National Weather Service said.

Showers and thunderstorms will enhance the risk of urban and small stream flooding, according to the NWS.

The heaviest rainfall activity is expected across the northern, western and the interior sections of Puerto Rico, the NWS said.

Meanwhile, the shower activity will continue tonight, mainly over Culebra, Vieques, the U.S. Virgin Islands and eastern/southeastern Puerto Rico, according to the NWS..

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.