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HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – An area of high pressure over Quebec will continue to bring us sunny skies and low humidity today. By Wednesday, an upper trough over central Canada, will drop south over New England, coming close enough to us to bring some clouds and a slight chance for showers late in the day. The humidity and chance for showers returns Thursday as a more potent trough arrives in the area. Temperatures won’t increase very much, but the humidity will be noticeably higher.

Here’s the WSVA local AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley

Tonight: mainly clear. Low 58. Winds light and variable.

Tomorrow: partly sunny with a thunderstorm in spots late in the afternoon. High 83. Winds south
4-8 mph.

Tomorrow night: mostly cloudy with a thunderstorm in parts of the area. Low 64. Winds south 4-8 mph.

Thursday: humid with times of clouds and sun; a morning shower in spots followed by a couple of heavy thunderstorms in the afternoon. Storms can bring flooding downpours and localized damaging wind gusts. High 85. Winds south 4-8 mph.

Friday: humid with variable cloudiness; an afternoon and evening thunderstorm in spots. High 83. Winds light and variable.

Saturday: partly sunny and humid. High 82. Winds northeast 3-6 mph.

Sunset today will be at 7:55 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday will be at 6:39 a.m.

Moonset today will be at 3:50 a.m.
Moonrise today will be at 6:48 p.m.

Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 96 in 1909
Low: 42 in 1944
Precipitation: 2.34 in 1958

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