Storm Carmel is expected to continue today (Thursday) and it will rain from the north to the Negev when today the rains will also spread to the south so far the precipitation in the area was low relative to the rest of the country.
In light of this, there is some concern about floods in the Judean Desert.
Despite the spread of the rain, the storm is on the verge of weakening and the rains that have fallen will be light.
Either way it will still be colder than usual for the season.
Friday: The
rain will continue throughout the day from the north to the northern Negev when at night in the transition between Friday and Saturday the rain will stop.
Saturday: The
weather will be fine, there will be lightening and rising temperatures, rising and clearing that will continue into the next week into the first and second days and in fact until the end of the forecast range.
Forecaster Nahum Melnik of Meteo Tech said that on the first day of the storm, Monday, wind gusts of up to 100 km / h were measured in the coastal plain and in the mountains.
Also, in the central area there were places like South Tel Aviv and Holon where the amount of precipitation that fell was large and reached up to 160-150 mm, it is a very large amount that also caused flooding, but it is not an unusual amount, "Unfortunately, they also brought about disasters like the elevator disaster in south Tel Aviv."
Nahum Melnik added that "we had a very good storm in terms of the continuity of rain and precipitation that fell in the country, but there was nothing unusual that we have not seen before. In Israel every year. "
The Water Authority also partially summarized the event yesterday (Wednesday) and noted that there were points where during the event many amounts of rain fell over 130 mm such as Beit Dagan, Zichron Yaacov and Karnei Shomron. According to the PA's measurements, they were: 150 mc / s in Ayalon (return period of 4 years), 100 mc / s in Nahal Hadera (7 years), 98 mc / s in Gamliel near Rehovot (8 years).
Temperatures:
Tel Aviv on Thursday 15-12 degrees and on Friday 16-11 degrees, on Saturday 17-9
in the city of Jerusalem on Thursday 11-6 degrees and on Friday 11-6 degrees, on Saturday 10-4
in the city of Haifa on Thursday 14-12 degrees and on Friday 13-11 degrees, on Saturday 14-10
in the city of Safed on Thursday 8-7 degrees and on Friday 8-6, on Saturday 9-5
in the city of Beer Sheva on Thursday 16-7 degrees and on Friday 16-9 degrees, on Saturday 18-5
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