HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) -With high pressure to the north and a moisture packing low traveling across the county to our south, we are looking at a major winter storm event this weekend. Travel is going to be difficult from Saturday night through Sunday. Snow is expected to mix with sleet at times with heavy accumulation Saturday night and some additional accumulation on Sunday.

The AccuWeather forecast, prepared exclusively for WSVA
Tonight: partly cloudy. Low 25. Winds west-southwest 3-6 mph.

Tomorrow: a thick cloud cover. High 42. Winds west 6-12 mph.

Friday night: partly cloudy. Low 6. Winds north 5-10 mph. AccuWeather Reelfeel -10.

Saturday: cloudy and frigid with a coating to an inch of snow late in the afternoon. Rapidly deteriorating
road conditions can lead to slow and slippery travel. High 17. Winds northeast 6-12 mph.

Saturday night: snow.  Accumulating 4 – 8 inches. Low 9. AccuWeather Realfeel -1. 

Sunday: snow, sleet, and freezing rain, accumulating 1-3 inches; very cold; storm total snowfall 8-12
inches. Travel will be extremely difficult and dangerous. High 20. Winds light and variable.

Sunday night: a chance of snow. Low 11. Total storm accumulation 1 foot.

Monday: clouds and sunshine. High 24. Winds west-northwest 6 – 12 mph.

Sunset today will be at 5:26 p.m.
Sunrise on Friday will be at 7:27 a.m.

Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 74 in 1927
Low: -8 in 1984
Precipitation: 0.82 in 1987
Snowfall: 10.0 in 1987