Get Ready For The Storm: This weekend - rain and thunderstorms across the country

The next few days are expected to include rain from the north of the country to the northern Negev, along with thunderstorms and a fall in temperatures. Saturday will also bring snow in Hermon and fear of flooding. In recent rain systems - 18.1 million cubic meters of floodwater have been stored by Mekorot. The full weekend forecast

Get Ready For The Storm: This weekend - rain and thunderstorms across the country

(Video: Travelers visit nature sites around the country after the storm, this past weekend)

After a respite in winter weather, the upcoming weekend is expected to be windy across the country. Tonight (Thursday) is expected to rain locally in the north and center of the country and there may be some thunderstorms. Tomorrow, it will mostly be cloudy and from noon it will begin to rain from the north of the country to the northern Negev, along with thunderstorms. In addition, temperatures have dropped considerably and will be normal for the season.

Also on Saturday, rainfall is expected to fall from the northern parts of the country to the Negev, accompanied by single thunderstorms, and in Hermon it will snow. There is a slight fear of flooding on this day in the Jordan Valley, in the Judean and Dead Sea rivers. Temperatures will remain unchanged.

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The rain is coming. Child with an umbrella in the Jordan River (Photo: Yonatan Slavsky, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)

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Early next week, there will still be rain and thunderstorms in the north and in the center, along with snow in Hermon. On the day of the upcoming change, it will continue to rain across the country, causing fears of floods, and becoming colder than usual for the season.

Expected heat measurements tonight and tomorrow: in Jerusalem from 7 degrees tonight to 11 degrees tomorrow, in Tel Aviv 13 degrees to 17, in Haifa 10 degrees to 15, Safed 6 degrees to 10, Katzrin 9-14, Tiberias 12-17, Nazareth 9-13 , In Afula 8-16, Beit She'an 12-17, Lod 17-11, Ashdod 12-17, Ein Gedi 16-21, Be'er Sheva 7-17, Mitzpe Ramon 5-12 and Eilat 13 tonight until 22 degrees tomorrow.

The site will be snowy in the coming days. Hermon, last weekend (Photo: Hermon website)

Hermon site on January 11, 2020 (Photo: Hermon website, official website)

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To Walla! NEWS has learned that in recent rainfall systems, Mekorot has seized 18.1 million cubic meters of floodwater in its reservoir, which already accounts for 82% of floodwater caught during the current winter season (22 million cubic meters). Of all the floodwaters, six million meters of cobbles were seized in the south, in the "Sycamore" reservoir, and are intended for drinking and agriculture. This is a reservoir where no floodwater was caught in the same period last year due to the low rainfall.

In the north, in the Kfar Baruch reservoir, about four million meters of floodwater were seized to fill the reservoirs of the Kishon community, compared to 2.7 million meters of floodwater in the same period last year. At the center, in the Nahal Menashe plant, which collects flood water from alligator streams, Ada, Barkan and shifts, in the last rainfall system, approximately 5.4 million cubic meters of floodwater were absorbed, compared with 8.4 million cubic meters of floodwater in the same period last year. "Perceived floodwater is used for natural filtration in the soil, assisting with the rehabilitation of the natural hamster and even integrated into the national water supply system," explained VP Operations and Maintenance, Mekorot, Danny Sofer.

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Browse stream on January 11, 2020 (Photo: Shai Koren Nature and Parks Authority, official website)