Prepare for extreme cold: After comfortable days with relatively high temperatures - the big winter system is near • The peak will come tomorrow • In the capital and in the north are prepared • The forecast
Expect the coming of the storm
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Oren Ben Hakon
Storm alert:
After the anticipation and preparations and after some nice and comfortable days for the season, the weather is expected to change dramatically when particularly cold air from Russia reaches the eastern Mediterranean and will cause - starting in the afternoon (Tuesday) - the development of rainy, stormy and extremely cold weather.
The day will still be partly cloudy and comfortable for the season.
Towards noon the winds will strengthen and gradually your father will.
The fundamental change will come in the afternoon, when it will start raining from the north of the country to the northern Negev, accompanied by single thunderstorms.
There are fears of floods in the Judean Desert.
Snow will begin to fall on Mount Hermon.
During the night, especially cold air will penetrate the country, it will become rainy and stormy and the snow will gradually spread to the peaks of the northern and central mountains.
Wednesday will be rainy, very cold and windy.
Heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms and hail will fall from the north of the country to the Negev.
Snow will fall in the northern and central mountains, including Jerusalem and Safed, and is expected to pile up on the ground, possibly even significantly.
Meteo Tech reports that on Thursday the storm will gradually weaken, but it will be particularly cold and it will rain intermittently from the north of the country to the Negev.
Friday will be partly cloudy to cloudy and a little less cold.
Is Jerusalem covered in snow?
Against the background of the forecasts for stormy weather, the Jerusalem Municipality is holding a special preparation, in order to address all the expected scenarios, including snowfall in the capital.
The Operations Administration is prepared to recruit mechanical engineering equipment, to evacuate blocked arteries, to operate regional headquarters, to operate patrol teams according to situation assessments, to operate the salt distribution system and to reinforce call centers at the 106 municipal call center as needed, in order to respond to public inquiries.
As part of the winter preparations, the City Improvement Division in collaboration with the IEC carried out tree pruning in the public space.
If it snows in Jerusalem, tractors will make their way as needed.
The Gihon Company and the Sanitation Department work to clean all the rainwater drainage receptors in the public space as well as to treat safety hazards caused by garbage in the public space.
The Community and Welfare Administration is preparing to conduct preliminary patrols to locate and treat street children, to activate community emergency systems and to operate welfare teams for the care of the population, as well as to reinforce drives for emergency patrols.
The Mayor of Jerusalem, Moshe Leon: "We do our utmost to prepare for the weather in the best possible way, in order to provide a professional and quality service to the city's residents. I call on the city's residents to observe the safety rules and obey the instructions."
In Mevaseret Zion, near Jerusalem, they are also preparing for the stormy and snowy weather, and in light of the forecast, it was decided not to hold studies in the locality tomorrow.
The Golan Regional Council and the Safed municipality also began preparing yesterday for snow that may fall in their area in the coming days.
Due to the expectation of extreme weather in the north, the Kinneret Cities Association also decided to close all the beaches under its responsibility starting this evening at 20:00.
Notice of the opening of the beaches will be issued in accordance with the improvement that will apply in the weather.