From rain and winds to warming and respite: The weather forecast for the coming week
The winter storm, which caused damage across the country and the deaths of two people in an elevator flooded in Tel Aviv, will continue this week as well. Rain is expected to drop in the coming days alongside high winds and fears of flooding and flooding. On the rain radar
From rain and winds to warming and respite: The weather forecast for the coming week
Edit: Saul AdamThe winter storm will also continue tonight (Saturday) with rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms from the north of the country to the northern Negev. The stormy weather caused many damage, and there is still a fear of flooding on the coastal plain and lowlands and fear of floods in the Jordan Valley, the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea. Rain will continue to fall tomorrow, and the weather will remain colder than usual for the season. Awake winds will blow along the shore.
On Monday, warming will begin and temperatures will return to normal for the season. The weather is expected to be partly cloudy to light. In the third, cooling is expected, in the north of the country it will rain locally and your father will become center and south. On Wednesday, it will continue to rain, which will also spread to the center of the country. There is a fear of flooding and will be colder than usual.
According to water authority data, over the weekend in the Tel Aviv area, about 74 mm of rain fell, of which about 50 mm in half an hour, causing road flooding. However, the rainy system did not affect the Sea of Galilee and the level rose by 3 cm from Thursday morning to now stands at 211.50.
Flooding in Jaffa, today (Photo: Idan Ryani and Ariel Volk)
Flooding due to weather in Jaffa. January 4, 2020 (Photo: Era Ryani and Ariel Volk, courtesy of the photographers)
At the Hermon site we updated that heavy snow was falling on the site and expected to continue to fall tonight. The site will be closed to visitors tomorrow. "The snow removal, road leveling and preparation work continues on the site and will continue tomorrow," it said. "The amounts of snow will allow the opening of the surf season with a notice of the site being opened.
Despite the rain, some 40,000 hikers today visited the nature reserves and national parks. Among the prominent sites were Banias and Qumran with a thousand visitors at each site, Caesarea with 2,000 visitors, Masada with 3,400 visitors and Ein Gedi with 1,500 visitors.
The site will be closed to visitors tomorrow. Snow in Hermon (Photo: Hermon website)
Snow at the Hermon site. January 4, 2020. (Photo: Hermon website, official website)
The precipitation peak for the last day is Kibbutz Ein Carmel in the Carmel Coastal Regional Council, where in 24 hours to 08:00 it fell 60 millimeters of rain; In the nearby Zichron Yaacov settlement, 59 millimeters were dropped Shavei Zion near Nahariya dropped 50 millimeters; Haifa Technion in Haifa dropped 47 mm; in Kibbutz Gesher HaZiv 38 mm; 36 mm Haifa refineries; Kibbutz Afek 31; Karmiel 28 mm; Kibbutz Ayalon 27 mm; Hadera 27 mm; Deaf 26 mm; generous valley 25 mm; Kibbutz Kfar Blum 23 mm; Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra 22 mm; Kibbutz Daphne 21 mm; Kibbutz Menara 19 mm; Safed 19 mm; Kibbutz Ayelet Hashahar 19 mm and Kibbutz Kfar Giladi with 19 mm.
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Expected heat measurements tonight and tomorrow: in Jerusalem from 5 degrees tonight to 9 degrees tomorrow, in Tel Aviv 11 degrees to 13, in Haifa 9 degrees to 14, in Safed 4 degrees to 6, in Katzrin 7-10, in Tiberias 10-15, in Nazareth 7-11 , In Afula 9-14, Beit Shean 9-14, Lod 9-14, Ashdod 12-16, Ein Gedi 14-21, Be'er Sheva 8-16, Mitzpe Ramon 4-11 and Eilat 10 degrees tonight to 19 degrees tomorrow.
Flooding on the streets of Tel Aviv, today
Flooding on the streets of Tel Aviv, weather, January 4, 2020 (Photo: Image processing)
River of flooded caves, today (Photo: Matan Carmel, Nature and Parks Authority)
Flowing Caves, Weather, January 4, 2020 (Photo: Matan Carmel Nature and Parks Authority, Image Processing)