HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – A warm front will bring a brief from the cold today before Arctic cold returns Friday, ahead of a major winter storm expected to arrive late Saturday and last through Sunday. After today, temperatures will be only in the teens and 20’s this weekend and overnight lows will drop to the single digits. Heavy snow starts Saturday night and may continue into Sunday night with total accumulations reaching around 1 foot.

The AccuWeather forecast, prepared exclusively for WSVA
Today: intervals of clouds and sunshine; breezy this afternoon. A major winter storm this weekend will
cause significant travel disruptions. High 49. Winds west 8-16 mph.

Tonight: partly cloudy. Low 24. 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 snow and flurries in the afternoon, accumulating a coating to an inch.
Rapidly deteriorating road conditions can lead to slow and slippery travel. High 17. Winds northeast 4-8
mph.

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

Sunday: very cold with periods of snow. Accumulating an additional 1 – 3 inches. High 23. 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