HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – High pressure will keep things calm for today with slightly warmer temperatures. A warm front brings wind and possibly severe weather for Thursday. The threat for strong to severe thunderstorms will be from Thursday afternoon into Thursday evening. Behind the storms, a cold front brings cooler and less humid weather back for Friday and the upcoming weekend. Low pressure is expected to develop over the Ohio Valley late Sunday and moving toward the east coast the first of next week. With the low comes an increased chance for more stormy weather the first of next week.

The WSVA local forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley
Today: times of clouds and sun. High 84. Winds southwest 7-14 mph.

Tonight: some clouds. Low 69. Winds south-southwest 6-12 mph.

Thursday: variable cloudiness, windy and hot with a heavy, gusty thunderstorm in the afternoon. Storms can bring flooding downpours and localized damaging wind gusts. High 90. Winds west southwest 12-25 mph.

Friday: variable clouds with a thundershower. High 81. Winds northwest 4-8 mph.

Saturday: sun and some clouds. High 81. Winds west-northwest 7-14 mph.

Sunday: partly sunny with a chance of thunderstorm late. High 84. Winds southwest 3-6 mph.

Sunset today will be at 8:41 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday will be at 5:51 a.m.

Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 94 in 2022
Low: 39 in 1917
Precipitation: 2.04 in 2017