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Your work week forecast: Severe thunderstorms possible today and Tuesday

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HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – The chance for shower and thunderstorms will decrease overnight. Never the less, the chance of showers will continue. More showers and thunderstorms will pop up Tuesday afternoon, although it’s looking more and more like the likelyhood of severe storms has dropped.

The WSVA local AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley


Tonight: mainly clear and humid with a heavy thunderstorm around. Storms can bring
flooding downpours and localized damaging wind gusts. Low 69. Winds west 6-12 mph.

Tuesday: mostly cloudy and humid with a thunderstorm. Storms can bring flooding downpours
and localized damaging wind gusts. High 85. Winds west 6-12 mph.

Wednesday: times of clouds and sun with a heavy thunderstorm around; humid. Storms can bring
flooding downpours and localized damaging wind gusts. High 83. Winds south-southeast 3-6
mph.

Thursday: partly sunny and humid with a thunderstorm in parts of the area in the afternoon. High 88. Winds west-northwest 6-12 mph.

Friday: cloudy with a chance for a thunderstorm. High 79. Winds light and variable.

Sunset today will be at 8:15 p.m.
Sunrise Tuesday will be at 6:26 a.m.

Moonrise today will be at 3:33 a.m.
Moonset today will be at 7:07 p.m.

Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 97 in 2007
Low: 45 in 1948
Precipitation: 1.52 in 1923

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