St. Croix: Times of clouds and sun, a.m. thunderstorms, high 89

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will have times of clouds and sunshine with a couple of morning thunderstorms and a high of 89. AccuWeather said.

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

There is a low to moderate risk of rip currents across the islands today, the National Weather Service said.

For Puerto Rico, Culebra, Vieques and St. Thomas the rip currents risk is: low; for St. Croix the rip currents risk is: moderate, according to the NWS.

🏜️Saharan Dust this weekend 🤧

– High Concentrations are expected through at least Sunday night.

Reduced visibility and hazy skies.

– Follow health department recommendations.

🔸 The winds from the ESE will acquire one more component from this morning, Sunday, and will become the ENE on Monday. | ESE winds will acquire a more easterly component tomorrow, Sunday, and become ENE by Monday.

🔹 Sahara dust will continue over the islands, causing foggy skies and deterioration in air quality until at least Monday. |

Saharan Dust will continue over the islands resulting in hazy skies and deteriorated air quality until at least Monday.

🔸 Warm and windy conditions will continue in areas of lower elevations. | Hot and breezy conditions will continue across lower elevations areas.

🔹 For Monday, a weak disturbance in the straight winds will move over the region. A tropical wave is expected to pass well south by Tuesday. | By Monday, a weak trade wind disturbance will move over the region. A tropical wave is expected to pass well south by Tuesday.

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.