The weather continues to be stormy, the snowy storm Alphis will arrive on Wednesday
The system with the Cypriot name will be short but significant.
It is expected to snow initially in the northern Golan Heights and Mount Hermon, which will then spread to the northern and central mountains, including Safed and Jerusalem, where the snow may pile up to a height of about ten cm. The rain will continue into the weekend
Yoav Itiel
23/01/2022
Sunday, 23 January 2022, 21:02 Updated: Monday, 24 January 2022, 06:23
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In the video: Snow in the Galilee and the Golan Heights (Photo: Hermon site, Ein Zivan tourism, Kiali apiary, Golan regional council, Guy Zoharoni and Meital Aharon / Nature and Parks Authority)
A second winter system this winter gets its own name.
Alfis, a system that has been given the Cypriot name on the joint list of weather events, will arrive in the area on Wednesday.
"A significant but short-term weather system will affect Israel on Wednesday," said Dr. Amit Savir, senior deputy director of the Meteorological Service's operational meteorology service
. On Wednesday morning, snow will fall in the northern Golan Heights and Mount Hermon. In the afternoon, the snow will gradually spread to the northern and central mountains, including Jerusalem and Safed.
In the second half of the night the snow will weaken and gradually turn back to rain in most places.
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Snow on Mount Hermon, January 15, 2022 (Photo: Official website, Mount Hermon)
The wind in the second half of Wednesday will gradually strengthen, and there may be gusts of 80-60 km / h. During the night the wind will gradually weaken. Rain fell in the north and center of the country and spread during the day to the Negev. The amount of rain in this event is not expected to be unusual, but the rain will continue even after Wednesday.
Until then, the Meteorological Service warns, the sea will be wavy and strong winds will blow. In the northern Negev, snow fell on Mount Hermon and in the northern Golan Heights, and in the morning there may be light snow on the high peaks of the Galilee mountains.
A tree that collapsed in Acre.
Damage to the Carmel Storm (Photo: Official Website, Acre Municipality)
Tuesday will be clear to partly cloudy.
Temperatures will rise, but they will still be slightly below normal for the season.
In the second part of the night in the north of the country and on the coastal plain it will start to rain intermittently accompanied by single thunderstorms.
Snow is expected on Mount Hermon and the northern Golan Heights.
On Wednesday, it will be rainy and stormy in the north and center of the country.
Snow fell on Mount Hermon and the northern Golan Heights.
Local rain is expected in the Negev.
There are fears of flooding in coastal cities and floods in the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea.
There will be a significant drop in temperatures.
From the afternoon, snow is expected in the northern and central mountains. During the night, precipitation and winds will gradually weaken. On Thursday, it will continue to rain from time to time from the north of the country to the northern Negev.
The snowy Hermon site, January 21, 2022 (Photo: Official site, Hermon site)
Forecasted temperatures tonight and tomorrow:
in Jerusalem from 5 degrees tonight to 6 degrees tomorrow at noon;
In Tel Aviv from 10 degrees tonight to 13 tomorrow;
In Haifa 10 tonight and 10 tomorrow;
Safed: 4 tonight and 4 degrees tomorrow;
Katzrin 9-5;
Tiberias 12-8;
Nazareth 8 tonight and tomorrow;
Afula 10-7;
Beit She'an 12-7;
Lod 11-9;
Ashdod 12-9;
Ein Gedi 18-12;
Beer Sheva 11-6;
Mitzpe Ramon 8-5;
Eilat 19-9.
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