HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – Today turns warmer and more humid as winds shift southerly, pushing highs into the upper 80s to near 90. Most of the day stays dry, though a stray shower can’t be ruled out. Overnight, humidity continues to rise with only a small chance of scattered showers. Thursday brings the main weather concern: a cold front and upper‑level disturbance approach, creating the potential for strong thunderstorms, mainly with damaging wind gusts. There’s still uncertainty about how widespread storms will be because cloud cover or morning showers could limit instability.
By Friday, the front slips south, keeping a chance of showers or a rumble of thunder around, but the severe threat is lower. The weekend brings a brief cool‑down, especially Saturday, with most moisture pushed south and only a slight chance of showers in southern areas. Sunday starts a warming trend as high pressure moves east. Early next week, heat builds back in — highs return to the 90s Monday and Tuesday — with only isolated pop‑up storms as strengthening ridging keeps most areas dry.
The WSVA local AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley
Tonight: mostly cloudy with a thunderstorm in parts of the area. Low 64. Winds south 4-8 mph.
Thursday: humid with times of clouds and sun; a morning shower in spots followed by a couple of heavy thunderstorms in the afternoon. Storms can bring flooding downpours and localized damaging wind gusts. High 85. Winds south 4-8 mph.
Friday: variable cloudiness with a thunderstorm in parts of the area; humid. High 78. Winds light and variable.
Saturday: partly sunny with a brief shower or two. High 82. Winds light and variable.
Sunday: partly sunny with scattered thunderstorms. High 81. Winds west-northwest 6-12 mph.
Sunset today will be at 7:54 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday will be at 6:40 a.m.
Moonset today will be at 4:54 a.m.
Moonrise today will be at 7:16 p.m.
Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 96 in 1998
Low: 42 in 1930
Precipitation: 3.68 in 2007
