HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – Temperatures will climb into the low to mid thirties again today and Friday, allowing for a little additional melting of the snow and ice around the Shenandoah Valley. A strong cold front will bring snow to the west of the valley on Friday, and near blizzard conditions in the mountains. Several inches of snow will be possible in areas from Monterey to Franklin and Moorefield and areas to the west. A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for late Friday in Saturday for parts of the area. Here in the valley only light snow is expected. Behind the front, a strong pressure gradient is expected to bring gusty winds Friday night through Saturday morning. After the wind, extreme cold will stay through the weekend.

The WSVA exclusive AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley
Tonight: partly cloudy. Low 15. Winds light and variable.

Tomorrow: some sunshine giving way to clouds and cold with a bit of snow in the afternoon with
little or no accumulation. High 33. Winds south 6-12 mph.

Tomorrow night: mainly cloudy and cold; breezy late. Low 12. Winds west-northwest 7-14 mph.

Saturday: windy and very cold with increasing amounts of sun. High 20. Winds northwest 12-25
mph.

Saturday night: clear and very cold. Low 4. AccuWeather Reelfeel -0.

Sunday: very cold with times of clouds and sun. High 24. Winds light and variable.

Sunday night: partly cloudy. Low 13. Winds calm.

Monday: cloudy and not as cold. High 35. Winds light and variable.

Sunset today will be at 5:42 p.m.
Sunrise on Friday will be at 7:15 a.m.

Historical weather records for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 69 in 1991
Low: -13 in 1996
Precipitation: 1.19 in 1998
Snowfall: 7.0 in 1899