St. Croix: Mostly sunny, breezy and pleasant, high of 89

CHRISTIASTED — Today St. Croix will be mostly sunny, breezy and pleasant with a high of 89, AccuWeather said.

Tonight St. Croix can expect partly cloudy skies with a risk of thunderstorms late, according to AccuWeather.

There is a high expectation of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoon, the National Weather Service said.

The heaviest activity is expected across western, interior and northwestern sections of Puerto Rico, according to the NWS.

We equaled a high temperature record of 89ºF in Saint Croix on Tuesday, the NWS said.

“This ties the old record of 89ºF set in 1993,” it said on X.

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.