St. Croix: Partly sunny, breezy, brief a.m. shower or two, high 90

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be breezy with partial sunshine and a brief morning shower or two and a high of 90, AccuWeather said.

Tonight St. Croix will experience increasing cloudiness with a thunderstorm in spots late and a low of 79, according to AccuWeather.

Across the islands, we can expect a limited to elevated flood risk today, the National Weather Service said.

In the Atlantic offshore, Anegada Passage and coastal waters forecasters expect dangerous marine conditions, according to the NWS.

Therefore, stay ashore if at all possible and avoid unnecessary trips to sea or the beach, the NWS said.

No tropical cyclone formation is expected over the next seven days, according to the NWS.

Attention allergy sufferers! The NWS says the Saharan dust plume is approaching.

Moderate to high concentrations of dust will be present from late tonight through at least next Sunday, according to the NWS.

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.