HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – Today and Wednesday, high pressure building into the Shenandoah Valley behind a departing disturbance will bring mostly sunny skies, lower humidity, and comfortable August weather with dry conditions prevailing. AccuWeather does include the possibility of showers and thunderstorms, although the chance is low.

Beginning Thursday, the high pressure system moves away and a frontal boundary approaches from the west, allowing warmer, more humid air to return. This setup will increase the chances for showers and thunderstorms from Thursday through Saturday, with slightly cooler temperatures arriving as the front lingers near the region.

Here’s the WSVA local AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley

Today: partly sunny and humid; patchy fog will reduce visibility this morning, then a thunderstorm in spots this afternoon. High 83. Winds north 4-8 mph.

Tonight: mainly clear; areas of fog will reduce visibility late. Low 61. Winds north-northwest 3-6
mph.

Tomorrow: areas of morning fog will reduce visibility; otherwise, mostly sunny with a shower in
spots in the afternoon. High 85. Winds south-southeast 3-6 mph.

Thursday: times of clouds and sun with a couple of showers and a heavy thunderstorm; humid. Storms can bring flash flooding and damaging winds. High 81. Winds northwest becoming north 4-8 mph.

Friday: cloudy with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm. High 76. Winds east-southeast 4-8
mph.

Saturday: mostly cloudy and humid with a thunderstorm. High 82. Winds south-southeast 3-6
mph

Sunset today will be at 8:05 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday will be at 6:33 a.m.

Moonrise today will be at 12:56 p.m.
Moonset today will be at 10:57 p.m.

Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 101 in 1914
Low: 45 in 1981
Precipitation: 2.08 in 1994