The weather forecast is particularly icy:
the storm "Barbara" is on the wane today (Wednesday) as far as the rains are concerned, but now a very severe cold wave, which will lead to cold weather in places prone to it, will reach Israel.
The extreme cold will hit mainly today and tomorrow - then widespread cold is expected to occur throughout the country.
The change in the weather and the beginning of warming will come towards the end of the week, but even then it will still be colder than usual for the season.
Snow in Kibbutz Alrom in the north of the Golan Heights, photo: Eyal Margolin/Gini
The forecast in detail
Today (Wednesday) the cold wave will continue.
The rains will gradually weaken, but will continue to fall from time to time from the north to the Negev.
Also, the fear of floods in the north, east and south streams - still exists.
In the morning, on the peaks of the northern mountains above 800 meters, snow will continue to fall and may pile up on the ground.
Even on the high peaks of the central mountains above 900 meters the snow will add to the pile up.
In the afternoon the rain will decrease and the winds will weaken.
At night, the coldest record will be recorded in the current storm.
Emek Habakah in the Golan.
Yesterday, photo: Eyal Margolin/Gini
Tomorrow (Thursday) will be partly cloudy, but still colder than usual.
There is a possibility of localized rain in the north of the country and in the center, mainly until noon, in Hermon there is a possibility of snow.
On Friday it will continue to be partly cloudy, but an increase in temperatures will be felt.
At night it may be cold in the northern valleys
Local rain is possible on Saturday, and light snow is possible in Hermon.
Sunday will be partly cloudy and still cold, but the storm will be far behind us.
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