HARRISONBURG VA: (ROCKTOWN NOW) –  The air temperature will be lower today, but the humidity will continue to make it feel near to over 100-degrees. According to the National Weather Service, A ridge of high pressure overhead will bring continued hot conditions over the next several days. As the upper-level ridge slowly retreats in the coming days, daily chances for showers and thunderstorms will increase through the end of the week. A weak frontal boundary will slowly drift southward by the end of the week into the weekend, before slowly lifting north into early next week.

A Heat Advisory today

Here’s the WSVA exclusive AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley
Tonight: a thunderstorm in spots early this evening; otherwise, mostly clear and humid. Storms can bring
flooding downpours and localized damaging wind gusts. Low 69. Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow: sunny to partly cloudy, very warm and humid with a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Storms can
bring flooding downpours and localized damaging wind gusts. High 87. Winds west 4-8 mph.
Tomorrow night: widely separated thunderstorms in the evening; otherwise, partly cloudy and humid. Low
69. Winds light and variable.
Friday: humid with sun and clouds; an afternoon thunderstorm. Storms can bring flooding downpours and
localized damaging wind gusts. High 86. Winds southeast 4-8 mph.
Saturday: partly sunny and humid with an afternoon and evening thunderstorm in spots. High 86. Winds
southwest becoming west 3-6 mph.
Sunday: cloudy and humid with a stray thunderstorm in the afternoon. High 83. Winds light and variable.

Sunset today 8:43 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday 5:53 a.m.

Records for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station, west of Harrisonburg, VA
High: 98 in 1914
Low: 41 in 1979
Rainfall: 1.08 in 2019