local forecast

From the local forecast it looks like we'll definitely get some kind of rain, but too soon to say for sure how much and where. Amazingly on these little islands you can have sun and blue skies on one side and downpours on the other. Generally if it does rain, it's not an all-day event. Those days are few and far between, but they do happen on occasion. I remember 11 inches of rain on STX back in May 2001—it poured all day long!! And a few years ago (2004?) we had like a week of rain sometime around Nov 11 or so...but.. it's highly unlikely that it will rain all week, THIS week! Just keep an eye on the weather sites to monitor the progress. A good one is http://www.stormcarib.com

In my many visits to STT and now living on island, this time of year there is almost always a chance of scattered showers. However, scattered is just what they are usually. It might rain for a 5 minutes and then clear away. Not to say a full day of rain couldn't happen, but it usually takes a tropical wave of some sort to get a full day of rain. As a visitor, and know no one likes rain...but as a resident dang please let it rain at the top of crown mountain so I can get some water in my cisterns. I don't like having to call the water truck. I like the free stuff. lol

I t appears that the tropical waves are going wide of us. We'll still get showers but you can still usually do what you have planned. The showers help to make the flora even more appealing. The weather report as a matter of fact mentions @ 30% chance of showers just about every day. Wunderground has a site that gives predictions and forecasts at the STX airport.
Unless there's a storm watch I wouldn't worry about the weather.

Hi all. Here are some good links from the National Weather Service:

St Croix:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?CityName=Christiansted&state=VI&site=SJU

Regional NWS Headquarters in San Juan with VI weather summary and links to individual islands:
http://www.srh.weather.gov/sju/forecast.html

VI and PR radar:
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=jua

National Hurricane Center:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

My favorite saying about rain on the islands goes something like this:

If you don't like the weather, just wait 10 minutes!

Most storms here don't last more than five or ten minutes . . .

Thanks,
Doug

That is true most of the year, but in all fairness to visitors this is the start of the VI's rainy season. Rainy days are more common and a cloudy day with rain off and on isn't that unusual.

Jim

Very good "read a book & take a nap" weather though! 🙂