St. Croix: Partly sunny, breezy, a couple morning showers, high of 87

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be partly sunny and breezy with a couple of morning showers and a high of 87, AccuWeather said.

Tonight St. Croix will be mainly clear with a low of 73, according to AccuWeather.

A drier air mass will move across our region today, the National Weather Service said.

Showers and isolated thunderstorms are likely over southwestern Puerto Rico during the afternoon, according to the NWS.

It was variably cloudy and pleasant last night; marine conditions started improving, the NWS said.

Coastal conditions will continue improving today; however, there’s a moderate risk of rip currents for most beaches in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, according to the NWS.

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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.