HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – A wetter, more unsettled pattern settles over the Shenandoah Valley today into the weekend as several disturbances move through the Mid‑Atlantic. Today starts with increasing clouds and scattered showers, then transitions to a higher chance of afternoon thunderstorms as a cold front moves in. While the strongest storms should track east of the Valley, any storm locally could still deliver heavy rain. According to the National Weather Service, scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected between about noon and 6 PM, especially east of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia into northern and central Maryland. These storms may contain damaging wind gusts and possibly an isolated tornado, especially across north-central Maryland.
Friday brings lingering showers and mostly cloudy skies, followed by a more active Saturday as stronger upper‑level energy and another front support widespread showers and thunderstorms. Heavy downpours are possible at times. By Sunday, showers become more scattered and less intense as moisture shifts south and the main trough moves overhead, with conditions gradually trending cooler and drier late in the day.
The WSVA local AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley
Tonight: mostly cloudy with a thunderstorm in spots this evening, then fog late. Low 63. Winds north 4-8 mph.
Tomorrow: cloudy and not as warm but humid with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm. High 77. Winds east-northeast 4-8 mph.
Tomorrow night: cloudy with a thunderstorm in spots in the evening, then fog late and humid. Low 65. Winds east-southeast 3-6 mph.
Saturday: humid with a thunderstorm; cloudy in the morning, then times of clouds and sun in the afternoon. High 82. Winds light and variable.
Sunday: partly sunny with a thunderstorm. High 81. Winds light and variable.
Monday: sunny skies. High 80. Winds west-northwest 3-5 mph.
Sunset today will be at 8:02 p.m.
Sunrise on Friday will be at 6:35 a.m.
Moonrise today will be at 3:01 p.m.
Moonset will be Friday at 12:10 a.m.
Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 102 in 1983
Low: 44 in 1896
Precipitation: 1.77 in 2021
