Shenandoah Valley Weather: Freeze Warning overnight tonight

Temperatures are expected to drop below freezing in some parts of the valley. Cold enough to kill plants left out and not covered.

Bright blue sky with scattered white clouds and sunbeams radiating from behind them (sunlight breaking through the clouds).

HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – Windy and colder weather will be with us this weekend thanks to a cold front that moved through the Shenandoah Valley overnight. High pressure builds in, clearing skies and ushering in some of the coldest temperatures we have seen this season. The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning for early Sunday morning. Temperatures are expected to drop below freezing in some parts of the valley. Cold enough to kill plants left out and not covered. Temperatures will state to warm Sunday, but Sunday night may bring another round of freezing temperatures for some areas.

Next week temperatures will warm and we have a chance for some showers, associated with a Nor’easter off the Carolina coast.

FREEZE WARNING OVERNIGHT

Here’s the forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley
Today: A chance of showers, mainly before 10am. Cloudy early, then gradual clearing, with a high near 54. North wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tonight: Widespread frost, mainly after 3am. Otherwise, clear, with a low around 30. North wind 6 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday: Widespread frost, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 56. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Calm wind.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming northeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 67.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 63.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.