HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) -With high pressure to the north and a moisture packing low traveling across the county to our south, we are looking at a major winter storm event this weekend. Travel is going to be difficult from Saturday night through Sunday. Snow is expected to mix with sleet at times with heavy accumulation Saturday night and some additional accumulation on Sunday.

The AccuWeather forecast, prepared exclusively for WSVA
Today: a thick cloud cover. A major winter storm this weekend will cause significant travel disruptions.
High 43. Winds west 6-12 mph.

Tonight: partly cloudy and bitterly cold. Low 7. Winds north 6-12 mph.

Tomorrow: cloudy and frigid with a coating to an inch of snow late in the afternoon. Rapidly deteriorating
road conditions can lead to slow and slippery travel. High 18. Winds northeast 6-12 mph.

Saturday night: snow accumulating 4-8 inches. Low. 9. Winds east 2-4 mph.

Sunday: snow, sleet, and freezing rain, accumulating 1-3 inches; very cold; storm total snowfall 8-12
inches. Travel will be extremely difficult and dangerous. High 20. Winds east-northeast 3-6 mph.

Sunday night: a chance of snow, sleet and freezing rain. Low 17. Winds south 3-6 mph.

Monday: brisk and quite cold with clouds and sunshine. High 24. Winds north-northwest 10-20 mph.

Monday night: clear and bitterly cold. Low -6. Winds west -southwest 5 mph.

Tuesday: mostly sunny and very cold. Extreme cold can be dangerous for outdoor activities. High 24.
Winds south-southwest 7-14 mph.

Wednesday: partly sunny. High 27. Winds southwest 3-6 mph.

Sunset today 5:27 p.m.
Sunrise Saturday 7:26 a.m.

Historical weather data at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 70 in 1967
Low: -7 in 1936
Precipitation: 1.00 in 1896
Snowfall: 18.0 in 2016