HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – Warmer and a little more humid today with a chance for a few showers and thunderstorms. The chance will increase greatly on Tuesday, as a strong cold front brings the chance for strong to severe storms to the valley. High pressure will bring a return of sunshine starting Wednesday and continuing through the end of the week. The next chance for rain will be next weekend into the first week in August, as a low is expected to form over the Midwest and move east this weekend.

The WSVA local AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley
Today: clouds and sun with a thunderstorm in parts of the area in the afternoon. Gusty winds can accompany any downpour. High 85. Winds north 4-8 mph.

Tonight: increasing clouds. Low 68. Winds west-northwest 4-8 mph.

Tuesday: sunny spells with a heavy thunderstorm; humid. Thunderstorms can bring flooding downpours, hail and damaging wind gusts. High 83. Winds west-southwest 6-12 mph.

Wednesday: variable cloudiness. High 81. Winds north-northwest 4-8 mph.

Thursday: mostly sunny. High 82. Winds north-northwest 6-12 mph.

Friday: partly sunny. High 83. Winds light and variable.


Sunset today will be at 8:30 p.m.
Sunrise on Tuesday will be at 6:14 a.m.

Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 99 in 1966
Low: 46 in 1962
Precipitation: 1.80 in 1958