After a particularly summery week, winter will return to us in full force • A cold wave may hit the country and there is a chance of snow in the mountains • Full forecast
Winter is back.
Mahane Yehuda Market, Jerusalem
Photography:
Oren Ben Hakon
The weather this week - quite summery, but soon - a makeover.
Even today, after the morning mists have dissipated in the valleys and coastal plain, it will become fine, and temperatures will still be above average for the period.
During the weekend it will be partly cloudy to clear, there will be a slight drop in temperatures but they are still slightly higher than normal for the period, especially in the mountains.
Photo: Ofer Freeman / Frames Productions
Meteo Tech said that on Sunday there will be a slight rise in temperatures, and they will be higher than average in most parts of the country.
On Monday it will be partly cloudy, there will be a drop in temperatures and they will return to being average for the period.
From the evening hours it may rain locally, mainly in the north of the country.
And when is the upheaval?
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Towards the middle of next week there is a change in trend, and winter is expected to return to the country, accompanied by rains and low temperatures.
Tzachi Waxman from Meteo Tech noted that there is even a chance that with the return of winter, a cold wave will develop in our area that will lead to snow in the mountains.
A summary of the Meteorological Service's data on precipitation so far shows that the amounts of rain since the beginning of the season are again higher than the average in the north of the country and on the coastal plain, along the plain has dropped 120% to 150% from the average for the corresponding period.
In the northern coastal plain (Nahariya-Rosh Hanikra area) the cumulative amounts reach 160% to 170%.
In this area, the amount has already dropped, which is similar to the perennial average for the entire season and even more.
In other parts of the coastal plain, 70% to 85% of the entire season's rains fell.
