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Your work week forecast: Hot, humid weather returns

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HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – A very warm and humid air mass will be with us for the work week ahead. Only a scattered shower or thunderstorm is expected from midweek on. Temperatures will reach the low and mid 90’s and humidity will drive the heat index to 100 or slightly higher. The National Weather Service says current guidance shows the potential for temperatures mid week to possibly reach 95 to 100 in some parts of the state. This will depend in part on the amount of cloud cover we see.

The WSVA local AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley

Tonight: mostly cloudy and humid. Low 65. Winds light and variable.

Tomorrow: mostly sunny and hot. High 92. Winds west-northwest 4-8 mph.

Wednesday: partly sunny and hot. High 94. Winds west-southwest 3-6 mph.

Thursday: partly sunny and hot with a thunderstorm. Any thunderstorm can cause flash flooding
and damaging winds. High 96. Winds west 4-8 mph.

Friday: hot with times of clouds and sun; a couple of afternoon thunderstorms. Thunderstorms
can bring hail and damaging winds. High 91. Winds northwest 4-8 mph.

Sunset today will be at 7:46 p.m.
Sunrise Tuesday will be at 6:17 a.m.

Moonset today will be at 10:20 a.m.
Moonrise today will be at 9:19 p.m.

Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 101 in 1932
Low: 42 in 1976
Precipitation: 1.62 in 1977

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