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Your Work Week Forecast: Rising temperatures and humidity with a chance for thunderstorms

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HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – Our first full week of September will feature sunny skies and cool nights to start, some heat and humidity in the middle and then a cool down with thunderstorms possible at the end. High pressure over the Great Lakes will push east and bring sunshine and lower humidity for today. The high continues south on Tuesday, allowing more humid air to drop down from the north. With the humidity comes a chance for thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday, with temperatures warming to the mid 80’s. High pressure returns for the weekend, along with lower humidity.

The WSVA local AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley


Tonight: clear to partly cloudy. Low 57. Winds light and variable.

Tuesday: sunny to partly cloudy. High 83. Winds south-southwest 4-8 mph.

Wednesday: times of clouds and sun with a passing shower; very warm. High 86. Winds south southwest 6-12 mph.

Thursday: very warm and humid with times of clouds and sun; a thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon. High 87. Winds west-southwest 7-14 mph.

Friday: partly sunny. High 80. Winds light and variable.

Saturday: sunshine along with a few clouds. High 82. Winds south 3-5 mph.

Sunset today will be at 7:36 p.m.
Sunrise on Tuesday will be at 6:51 a.m.

Moonrise this morning was at 2:31 a.m.
Moonset this afternoon will be at 5:44 p.m.

Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station

High: 98 in 1925
Low: 36 in 1924
Precipitation: 5.95 in 1996

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