HARRISONBURG VA:  (ROCKTOWN NOW) – A cold front that arrived overnight will stay over the Shenandoah Valley through tonight.   The front will lift north as a warm front on Sunday.  A strong cold front will move through late Sunday and much colder temperatures will be over the area for the first of next week.  By Tuesday, highs will be only in the forties and lows in the upper twenties.

Here’s the local AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley
Today: cloudy and warm with a couple of showers. High 73. Winds southeast 4-8 mph.
Tonight: a thunderstorm in spots this evening; otherwise, low clouds and mild. Low 56. Winds east 4-8
mph.
Tomorrow: low clouds followed by some sun and remaining warm. High 80. Winds south 7-14 mph.
Sunday: cloudy, breezy and not as warm with occasional rain and a thunderstorm. High 67, but
temperatures falling into the upper 50s. Winds north-northwest 10-20 mph.
Monday: cooler with low clouds. High 55. Winds east-southeast 4-8 mph.
Tuesday: brisk and colder with sun and some clouds. High 44. Winds northwest 10-20 mph.
Tuesday night: clear. Low 24.

Sunset today will be at 7:41 p.m.
Sunrise Saturday will be at 6:53 a.m.

Records for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 80 in 1945
Low: 18 in 1904
Precipitation: 1.38 in 1977
Snowfall: 2.00″ in 1954