HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – High pressure will take control of the weather for a day, bringing sunshine and lower humidity today. The chance for showers and thunderstorms returns late tonight and Wednesday. Winds shift and dewpoint levels climb starting Wednesday, bringing back a better chance for showers and thunderstorms. Some storms Wednesday may include heavy downpours. The warm, unstable weather, will continue into the end of this week and perhaps the first of next week.
The 7-Day forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between noon and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night: A chance of thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Light southwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.
Sunset this evening will be at 8:22 p.m.
Sunrise on Wednesday will be at 6:21 a.m.
Moonset today will be at 12:28 p.m.
Moonrise this evening will be at 11:15 p.m.
Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High 104 in 1930
Low 40 in 1912
Precipitation 2.52 in 1898
