Rain in her room.
January 14, 2023/Shlomi Gabai
Even this morning (Sunday) the rain did not stop falling, and already more than 900 millimeters have been measured so far in the village of Dalit El Carmel, the highest rainfall so far this year in Israel.
In the communal settlement of Harshim in the Mashgav Regional Council in the Galilee, 854 millimeters of rain have already been recorded since the beginning of the season, more than anywhere else in the country where the meteorological service measures the amounts automatically.
Even in this rainy region, this is an abnormal amount equal to 99 percent of the annual average amount, which today will probably cross the annual average.
Some places have already exceeded the annual amount.
In Sharon there are places that exceeded 700 millimeters and in relation to annual averages of 550-600, 20 percent more than the average for the entire season.
This is the case, for example, in the village of Hess, in the village of Shmariahu and in the village, and we are still only at the beginning of February, in the midst of the rainy season.
The reservoirs are overflowing.
The Golan Heights, the morning/TPS, Yuval Halbani
A rainbow in the Jezreel Valley, Hayom/TPS, Pini Schwartzman
The snowy peak of Hermon, the morning/TPS, Erez Ben Simon
Dr. Noam Halfon, a researcher at the Meteorological Service, told Walla! that there are areas in Sharon where only in the current sequence of rains, 350 millimeters have already fallen, more than half the average annual amount. He also noted that in quite a few areas the daily amount was "double digits", another day Day. The rain that began on Monday two weeks ago is expected to continue today as well, and the current sequence, if it continues until Tuesday, as predicted, is an unusual phenomenon that has not been remembered for thirty years or more.
Other places where considerable amounts of rain fell this year are Kibbutz Ein Shosfit with 759 mm, 118 percent of the annual average amount of 645 mm; Kiryat Technion in Haifa with 759 mm;
113 percent of the average annual amount of 671 mm, and Tel Aviv, 508 mm;
115 percent of the annual average amount of 443 mm; 728 mm fell in the Horns of Samaria, 114 percent of the annual average of 636 mm; in Beit Ahernson in the center of the Moshav Zichron Ya'akov, 580 mm were measured until early morning, when the amount of rain that fell overnight crossed This season has the annual average of 574 mm.
The wind turbines in the Golan Heights, the morning/TPS, Halabani Yuval
Snow in the Golan Heights, the morning/TPS, Halabani Yuval
The meteorological service continues to warn this morning about floods, high and dangerous seas for swimming in the Mediterranean, thunderstorms and lightning and mountain fogs.
Rains, accompanied by single thunderstorms, will continue to fall in the north and center of the country.
Until noon there is still a slight fear of flooding in the northern and central coastal plain.
It will continue to be colder than usual for the season.
At night, it will rain from time to time in the north of the country and in the center.
Tomorrow, Monday, occasional rain is still expected in the north of the country and in the center.
Temperatures will continue to be lower than normal for the season.
Relief expected on Tuesday will be partly cloudy to cloudy.
Local rains, mostly light, are still expected in the north of the country and in the center.
There will be an increase in temperatures and they will be normal for the season.
Wednesday is expected to be partly cloudy.
Another slight increase in temperatures will apply.
Expected temperatures for today and tonight:
in Jerusalem from 11 degrees today at noon to 4 degrees at night;
in Tel Aviv from 15 degrees today until 10 at night;
in Haifa 14 today until 10 tonight;
Safed from 9 to 6;
Katzrin 9-13;
Tiberias 10-16;
Nazareth 8-13;
Afula 9-16;
Beit Shan 10-18;
Lod 9-16;
Ashdod 10-14;
Ein Gedi 12-19;
Beer Sheva 7-15;
Mitzpe Ramon 5-11;
Eilat 10-21.
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