Partly sunny with a couple of showers, high 87

January 8, 2026

Planning your Thursday?

Morning: Passing showers for eastern PR & USVI.

Afternoon: Showers over the interior & southwest PR.

Pleasant temperatures across the region, cooler in the mountains.

Have a great day and plan ahead!

DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS

Although conditions will improve late tonight, the high risk of rip current remains in effect for the beaches along the northwest to northeast of Puerto Rico through 10 PM AST tonight.

Today St. Croix will be partly sunny with a couple of showers, AccuWeather said.

Tonight St. Croix will see mainly clear conditions and a low of 69, according to AccuWeather.

John McCarthy

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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.