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Did you think winter was behind us? So you thought. Whether or not you've already stocked your umbrellas and coats, Tuesday's rain is likely to return - and big.   

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Today (Sunday) there has been a slight increase in temperatures, and tomorrow will be nice and warm during the day and the sky is expected to be in high clouds. At night it will cool. On Tuesday it will be partly cloudy, and during the day the winds will intensify and local rainfall will fall from the north of the country to the Negev, accompanied by single thunderstorms. There may even be hail. There will also be a decrease in heat levels and there is a concern about flooding in the south and east streams. In addition, there is a slight fear of flooding in city centers. Meta Tech notes that the expected system is the result of a cold and unstable air that is expected to flood our area.  

Floods in the South (Archive, 2020) // Photo: Cache in the Arava

Local rain is still expected on Wednesday, mainly in the north of the country and may also be in the center. The rain will weaken during the afternoon. Temperatures will drop significantly, which will be lower than usual for the season. On Thursday it will be mostly clear with an increase in heat, which will be average for the season.

Rainy Year: "Up to 160% of Quantity Last Year" 

The meteorological service data shows that rainfall from the beginning of the season to the end of April exceeds the average in almost all parts of the country - reaching about 130% for the entire rainy season, and in some places in the country even higher rates, reaching up to 160%. For example, in some of the Carmel Coast, Ramot Menashe, Central and Southern Coastal Plains and Northern Hula Valley, the rainfall reached 135% to 145% of the average for the entire rainy season, and in the Nahariya region to more than 160%. 

In the southern Negev and Arava the quantities that have dropped since the beginning of the season are twice as high as the average for the whole season. A growing number of stations in the Upper Galilee, the northern Golan, Carmel, Ramot Menashe and even the Nahariya region have dropped over 1,000 mm from the beginning of the season - such as the 118th (1,182 mm) winterfish, Neve Ativ (1,174 mm), Fasuta ( 1,141 mm), the level of the judge (1,044 mm), Dalia al-Carmel (1,043 mm), Elon (1,011 mm) and more.