HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – Today will be another hot and humid day with temperatures in the low to mid 90’s and heat indices again reaching 100 to 104. Poor air quality could also be an issue today, as smoke from wildfires in western Canada will be over us. Smoke levels may increase as we head toward Friday. The chance for thunderstorms will increase as the weekend approaches with the best chance being Saturday afternoon.

Here’s the WSVA local AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley
Today: hazy sunshine and toasty conditions. High 92. Winds south-southeast 4-8 mph.

Tonight: partly cloudy and humid. Low 69. Winds north 4-8 mph.

Tomorrow: hazy sunshine with a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Wildfire smoke will create
unhealthy air quality and poor visibility at times. High 88. Winds east-northeast 4-8 mph.

Saturday: humid with considerable cloudiness; an afternoon thunderstorm in the area. Storms
can bring flooding downpours and localized damaging wind gusts. High 85. Winds west southwest 4-8 mph.

Sunday: times of sun and clouds with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm; humid. High 84. Winds northwest 6-12 mph.

Monday: mostly sunny with a thunderstorm possible in the afternoon. High 83. Winds south 4-8
mph.

Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 100 in 1988
Low: 46 in 1930
Precipitation: 1.32 in 1922

Sunset today will be at 8:38 p.m.
Sunrise on Friday will be at 6:05 a.m.