Alfis on the way: Local authorities are preparing for the storm, security forces have been stepped up

The storm "Alfis" will hit the country tomorrow and bring with it low temperatures, rain and strong winds in all parts of the country.

Snow will fall on Mount Hermon, in the Golan Heights and the Galilee and even in Jerusalem.

The Hermon site will be closed to visitors until further notice.

The extreme weather will gradually weaken, and the respite will arrive on Saturday

Yoav Itiel, Shani Frumkin, Eli Ashkenazi and Shlomi Heller

25/01/2022

Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 20:17 Updated: 21:02

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In the video: The snowy storm "Alfis" is approaching Israel (police spokeswoman, fire and rescue)

The national and local authorities are preparing for the "Alfis" storm that will hit the country tomorrow (Wednesday).

Temperatures will be lower than usual, it will rain in all parts of the country, strong winds will blow, and snow will fall on Mount Hermon, in the Golan Heights and the Galilee and even in Jerusalem.

In addition, there is a risk of flooding in coastal cities and floods in the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea.

Due to the extreme weather, the Hermon site will be closed to visitors until further notice.

Tonight in the north of the country and on the coastal plain it will start to rain intermittently accompanied by single thunderstorms.

It will snow on Mount Hermon and in the northern Golan Heights.

Towards morning the rain is expected to intensify alongside the winds, which are expected to intensify along the coast and in the mountains.

Tomorrow it will rain intermittently, accompanied by thunderstorms in the north of the country and on the coastal plain.

Snow fell on Mount Hermon, the northern Golan Heights and the high peaks of the Galilee Mountains.

From noon, the rains will spread to the northern Negev and in the south of the country, local rain is expected.

Strong winds will blow.

From the afternoon it will start to snow in the northern and central mountains including Jerusalem.

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 and it will become colder than usual for the season.

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Jerusalem police deployment (Photo: Israel Police spokeswoman)

On Thursday it will still be particularly cold, and rain will continue to fall intermittently from the north of the country to the northern Negev.

It will continue to snow on Mount Hermon and in the north of the plateau.

By noon there may still be light snow on the high peaks of the Galilee and Central Mountains.

Slight fear of floods in the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea and local flooding in coastal cities.

Strong winds will continue to blow in most areas and will continue to be colder than usual for the season.

On Friday in the north and center of the country, intermittent rain is still expected, accompanied by a few thunderstorms.

It will continue to snow on Mount Hermon and the northern Golan Heights, and there may still be light snow on the high peaks of the Galilee mountains.

In the northern Negev, local rain is possible.

There are fears of floods in the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea.

Saturday is expected to be partly cloudy to cloudy.

Local rains, mostly light, are still expected to fall in the north and center of the country, mostly along the coastal plain.

The rains will weaken and gradually diminish during the day.

Will continue to be colder than usual.

Preparations for snow in Binyamin (Photo: Official website, Dovrat Binyamin)

Dr. Amit Sabir, senior deputy director of the Meteorological Service's Operational Meteorology Service, predicts a "significant snow event in the mountains." Tomorrow morning it snowed in the northern Golan Heights and Hermon. Or snow mixed with rain, and towards evening as organized snow that will begin to pile up in Jerusalem and Safed as well. The snow will be significant, and will fall throughout the night.

It is also possible that light snow fell from a height of 600-500 meters.

During Thursday morning the snow will gradually change to snow mixed with rain and later it will rain again, first in the central mountains and towards noon also in the Galilee mountains, except for the northern Golan Heights and Meron area, where it will continue to snow occasionally until Saturday.

The rate of thawing depends on the thickness of the snow layer, but it will be slow.

Tomorrow towards the second half of the day the wind will strengthen gradually, and there may even be gusts of 60-80 km / h. The wind will weaken gradually only on Thursday. These winds will also cause the Mediterranean to be very high, especially on Thursday, with waves that can reach 7-. 5 meters.

Jerusalem police deployment (Photo: Israel Police spokeswoman)

By tomorrow afternoon it had rained mainly in the north and on the coast, and there is a fear of flooding mainly on the north coast.

From noon the rain will gradually spread to the northern Negev, and it will continue on Thursday, Friday and remnants on Saturday, even when the snow in the mountains ceases.

The amounts of rain are not exceptional, but will be significant, and may cause local flooding on the coast and floods in the Judean Desert area.

The Meteorological Service warns of high seas and dangerous for bathing in the Mediterranean.

The school routine is expected to continue as usual, subject to the instructions of the police and local authorities.

In Jerusalem, the school day in all settings will end at 15:00.

The management of the Safed Academic College has decided to close the campus from tomorrow at 13:30 until Thursday, and to postpone the tests that were supposed to take place on Thursday and Friday.

The tests to be held on Wednesday will be held until 12:00 noon.

Firefighters and Rescue conducted a situation assessment and prepared for the approaching storm in cooperation with local authorities, police and volunteer units.

Focus 102 will be reinforced and manpower at stations will be thickened.

MDA also prepared for "Alfis" and reinforced the crews in special ambulances with snow chains, along with many paramedics and paramedics. The police

will publish information about roadblocks and traffic disruptions due to the weather.

Volunteers and other forces to deal with weather hazards, directing traffic, blocking arteries with the danger of slipping, rescuing trapped drivers and any unusual incident that requires police intervention due to the stormy weather and in general.

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The storm in Athens (Photo: AP, Thanassis Stavrakis))

The Government Society for the Protection of Mediterranean Cliffs warned against the collapse of cliffs and the fall of rocks in the coastal cliff strip, and advised the public to exercise caution and avoid staying in dangerous proximity to cliffs. The Water Authority instructed the water suppliers and water corporations to prepare for a response to disruptions that may be caused in the coming days, but stressed that there is no fear of water supply or damage to the transmission system.

In Jerusalem, it is expected to snow up to a height of 20-15 cm. In addition, the regional and district headquarters will be opened, crews will be activated to deal with hazards, salt sprinklers will move on the main arteries with about 150 tons of salt at their disposal, as well as about 200 snow removal vehicles throughout the city and eight tablespoons for snow removal along the light rail route.

At the beach in Rishon Lezion, high-voltage protective batteries have been erected, and the municipal center will have increased manpower.

In Haifa, pumping teams will be placed on standby for water drainage and cases of sewage rupture.

The municipality's welfare services are preparing to provide assistance to populations with special needs, the elderly and people with disabilities, and to open residential centers for residents in the event of a flood of residential apartments.

At the same time, the department's employees will hold proactive tours to locate street children and persuade them to vacate temporary hiding places.

In Benjamin, where snow is expected, visitors were invited to come and set up tractors to level the snow from the roads.

Expected temperatures for tonight and tomorrow: in Jerusalem from 1 degrees tonight to 8 degrees tomorrow at noon;

In Tel Aviv from 6 degrees tonight to 12 tomorrow;

In Haifa 6 tonight until 10 tomorrow;

Safed 5-3;

Katzrin 7-4;

Tiberias 11-6;

Nazareth 8-5;

Afula 10-4;

Beit She'an 14-6;

Lod 13-6;

Ashdod 13-6;

Ein Gedi 18-12;

Beer Sheva 12-4;

Mitzpe Ramon 8-3;

Eilat 18-8.

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