HARRISONBURG VA: (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The New Year is blowing in on a northwest wind today with cloudy skies highs in the low 40’s.  We are in for colder temperatures as we move through the rest of this week.  After a series of fronts move though between now and the weekend, a low headed our way on Sunday could bring some measurable snow for the beginning of next week.

Wind Advisory until 7 p.m. tonight

Here’s the WSVA local AccuWeather forecast
Tonight: areas of low clouds. Low 27. Winds west-northwest 7-14 mph.
Tomorrow: sunny to partly cloudy.  High 38. Winds west-northwest 7-14 mph.
Tomorrow night: clear to partly cloudy. Low 23. Winds southwest 4-8 mph.
Friday: mostly cloudy with a couple of flurries. High 40. Winds west-southwest 7-14 mph.
Saturday: partly to mostly sunny, breezy and colder. High 30. Winds northwest 10-20 mph.
Sunday: turning out cloudy. High 33. Winds south-southeast 3-6 mph.

 

FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

Upslope snow showers and squalls will ensue over the
Alleghenies through Thursday morning with gusty
winds elsewhere across the region. High pressure builds back
into the area Thursday before another clipper system crosses
Friday into Saturday. A more potent low pressure system looks to
bring the threat of more widespread wintry weather Sunday into
early next week.

Sunset today 5:05 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday 7:32 a.m.

Records for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High:  74 in 1952
Low: -3 in 1918
Precipitation:  1.00 in 1971
Snowfall:  8.0 in 1971