St. Croix: Pleasant, intervals of clouds and sunshine, high 89

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be pleasant with intervals of clouds and sunshine and a high of 89, AccuWeather said.

Tonight St. Croix will experience partly cloudy conditions with a shower in our area late, according to AccuWeather.

🌬️Breezy conditions are expected once again today across the islands with afternoon showers after 1:00 p.m. AST over western Puerto Rico, the National Weather Service said.

🌧️A tropical wave will reach the local islands tomorrow, increasing the potential of showers and isolated thunderstorms across the region, according to the NWS.

Yellow spot in the Atlantic. Heading northeast. Only a 10% chance of formation.

Take a look at the weather outlook for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this week.

We can expect everything from Saharan Dust to showers in the afternoons in the coming week.

The V.I. Free Press will have all the latest weather information this hurricane season.

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.