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Your work week forecast: Strong storms for Tuesday, cooler and less humid starting Wednesday

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HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – The work week starts with sunny skies today, along with haze for the ongoing wildfires. A cold front and associated low will bring showers and a chance for severe thunderstorms on Tuesday. High pressure brings sunny and breezy weather midweek, along with lower humidity. Cooler temperatures and sunshine continue into the weekend.

Here’s the WSVA local AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley
Tonight: partly cloudy and humid with a stray thunderstorm. Low 67. Winds south 4-8 mph.

Tomorrow: humid with variable cloudiness; a gusty thunderstorm in the afternoon. Storms can bring flooding downpours, hail, damaging wind gusts, and an isolated tornado. High 89. Winds southwest 6-12 mph.

Tomorrow night: mostly cloudy and humid with a couple of showers in the evening followed by a couple of thunderstorms late. Any thunderstorm can cause flash flooding and damaging winds. Low 69. Winds south-southwest 4-8 mph.

Wednesday: mostly sunny. High 86. Winds west 6-12 mph.

Thursday: mostly sunny, pleasant and less humid. High 79. Winds northeast 6-12 mph.

Friday: pleasant with sun and some clouds. High 79. Winds east-northeast 4-8 mph.


Sunset today will be a 8:35 p.m.
Sunrise Tuesday will be at 6:08 a.m.

Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 103 in 1930
Low: 46 in 1909
Precipitation: 2.15 in 1939


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