St. Croix: Partly sunny, breezy, high 89

CHRISTIANSTED – Today St. Croix will be partly sunny and breezy with a high of 89, AccuWeather said.

Tonight St. Croix will experience partly cloudy conditions and a low of 77, according to AccuWeather.

🌬️Strong wind to locally windy conditions.

  • Moderate to high concentrations of Saharan dust.
  • Limited flooding risk in western Puerto Rico.

🥵 Limited heat risk; urban and coastal areas.

🔥High Fire Risk across southern Puerto Rico.

🔥🌿 ELEVATED FOUR DANGER RISK. / HIGH RISK OF FIRE. 🔥🌿

📍 Southern Puerto Rico. /

🕗 8 AM – 4 PM AST.

🚫 Avoid outdoor burning. / & Fully extinguish cigarettes & coals.

📞 Call 911 to report any fires. /

💡 Be part of the solution! / Be part of prevention! 🔥🌵

  • Moderate risk of RIP CURRENTS for most beaches.

Featured photo by Marcos Quiles in 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.