The weather tonight (Sunday) will be clear to partly cloudy and cold, on the coastal plain in the lowlands, and in the north of the Negev there may be visibility restrictions, in the north of the country strong easterly winds will blow.
Tomorrow, after the morning clouds disperse, it will be nice and warmer than usual for the period, in the north of the country strong easterly winds will blow. On Tuesday it will be nice and warmer than usual for the period, in the north of the country strong easterly winds will blow.
Weather at the beach in Tel Aviv (archive),
On Wednesday it will be nice and warmer than usual for the period, in the north of the country strong easterly winds will blow. On Thursday it will be nice and warmer than usual for the period, in the north of the country strong easterly winds will blow. On Friday there will be a slight increase in temperatures and it will be hotter than usual for the season and dry, in the north of the country strong easterly winds will blow, And maybe fog.
A year with little rain
In the meantime, the Meteorological Service published a report on the current rainy season, according to which this year is expected to be relatively rainy. The report states that "after about half of the rainy season has passed, the accumulated amounts of rain since the beginning of the season are significantly lower than the average for the corresponding period. This is especially noticeable in the Northeast Haaretz, where the cumulative amounts reach less than half of the average for the corresponding period and in some places even only about a third."
According to the Shemat, this year will be considered the wettest in some places in the country. The review states that "in a number of stations (rain measurement A.G.) compared to the past, it can be seen that in the northeast of the country, this is one of the years with the least rainfall so far, but it still does not break records. And there were several similar years in the past.
In a number of stations tested in the central and eastern Galilee and in the Hula Valley, in the last 80 years there were about 4 to 7 years in which the amounts of rain until January 20 were of a similar magnitude or smaller (2013/14, 2008/9, 1998/99 1990/ 91, 1981/82 1972/3, 1950/51, 1947/48).
In the Golan Heights, where the measurements at the old stations began about 30 to 45 years ago, this is the driest half of the season since the beginning of the measurements.
As you go west and south, the situation is less bad, although the lack of rain is still evident.
In the northern and central coastal plain and in the Judean Mountains there were about 10 to 15 years with a similar or drier half of the season.
In the south of the country, since the beginning of the season, quantities exceeding the average for the corresponding period have fallen.
Evaluation to continue
In the coming days (possibly even in the coming week) no rain is expected, so the accumulated rain percentage will continue to decrease and the degree of deviation compared to the past will increase.
It should be noted that the years that were similar to the current year or drier, ended as expected below the average sometimes to a considerable extent.
Usually the second part of the season was rainier and they ended up being on the order of 60% to 75% of average.
However, two of the years noted (1950/51 and 1998/99) were severe drought years with amounts about 50% above average.
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