HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – Skies will be cloudy today with temperatures reaching into the sixties. Tropical rain will overspread the area late tonight and continue through Sunday. Rainfall estimates for the Shenandoah Valley are between one and two inches. Skies should clear Monday and sunshine will return for at least the first half of next week. Our next chance for rain will be a chance for showers late next week.
From the National Weather Service
A Wind Advisory continues for the Blue Ridge through 11 AM Sunday
morning.
A Flood Watch is in effect for the Blue Ridge and portions of
surrounding counties east of the Blue Ridge beginning early
Sunday morning through late Sunday night. Flooding caused by
excessive rainfall is possible in the watch area.
Damaging wind gusts and a couple of brief tornadoes are possible
Sunday afternoon, mainly east of the Blue Ridge and Catoctin
Mountains
Here’s the WSVA local forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley
Tonight: Showers, mainly after 10pm. Low around 55. Light northeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 65. Northeast wind around 6 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Columbus Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Northwest wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Calm wind.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 79.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.
Thursday: A slight chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59Tonight: Showers, mainly after 10pm. Low around 55. Light northeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 65. Northeast wind around 6 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Columbus Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Northwest wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Calm wind.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 79.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.
Thursday: A slight chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59
Sunset today will be at 6:44 p.m.
Sunrise Sunday will be at 7:20 a.m.
Moonset today will be at 6:29 p.m.
Moonrise Sunday will be at 8:24 a.m.
Historical weather data for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station
High: 91 in 1919
Low: 21 in 1895
Precipitation: 1.76 in 1979
