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Your work week forecast: Humid with showers and thunderstorms today, sunshine midweek, more showers Thursday and Friday

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HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – A cold front moving through the Shenandoah Valley early this week will sweep out the humid, unsettled air and allow high pressure to build in behind it. That will bring drier air, lower humidity, and the week’s most pleasant weather on Tuesday and much of Wednesday.

By late Wednesday and Thursday, the high pressure system shifts away and another cold front approaches from the west. As warmer, more humid air returns, scattered showers and thunderstorms will become more likely Thursday and Friday. The front is expected to stall south of the Valley, potentially keeping shower and thunderstorm chances around into next weekend while allowing temperatures to trend slightly cooler.

The WSVA local AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley

Today: times of clouds and sun with showers and a thunderstorm in parts of the area; humid. High 88.
Winds west-northwest 4-8 mph.

Tonight: showers early, then mainly clear; fog late and humid. Low 68. Winds northwest 3-6 mph.

Tomorrow: partly sunny and humid. High 85. Winds north-northeast 4-8 mph.

Wednesday: mostly sunny. High 87. Winds south-southeast 4-8 mph.
Thursday: times of clouds and sun with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm; humid. High 81.
Winds northwest 4-8 mph.

Friday: cloudy with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm. High 76. Winds north-northeast 4-8
mph

Sunset today will be at 8:06 p.m.
Sunrise Tuesday will be a 6:32 a.m.

Moonrise today will be at 11:52 a.m.
Moonset today will be at 10:28 p.m.

Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 102 in 1988
Low: 45 in 1979
Precipitation: 1.65 in 2021

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