The forecast for the continuation of winter and spring: rainy and stormy

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The seasonal forecast for the amount of precipitation forecast for Israel for the rest of the winter and spring, as given by American models for seasonal forecasting, indicates that the amount of precipitation in the second half of winter and spring months is expected to be higher than average. In light of this, does anyone remember that we waited for the current rain system for about three weeks in the middle of January?

Heavy rains and flooding throughout the country // Photo: Moshe Ben Simhon, Vitaly Grander, Nature and Parks Authority (Archive)

Meanwhile, the stormy rain system that befell Israel has not yet ended, although it seems that in the coming days there will be a slight respite. The evening (Thursday) and night are expected to be clear and cold, it may be cold in the morning at the designated places (in Afula 3 degrees, in Safed and Katzrin 2 and in the northern Golan 0 degrees).

Tomorrow will be fine, there will be a slight rise in temperatures and a decrease in humidity, in the north of the country strong easterly winds will blow. Also, on Saturday the weather is expected to be nice and dry.

Stormy weather in Jerusalem, yesterday // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon

Lior Sudri, a Meteo Tech forecaster, said that on Sunday it will be nice and dry and there will be a slight rise in temperatures. On Monday it will be fine, and the winds in the north will weaken, and on Tuesday it will be fine to partly cloudy with high clouds.

Rainfall amounts are larger than average

Even now, when winter is not over yet, there are localities where the average for the entire season is broken.

In the storm, up to this point in time, the average precipitation quota for the entire winter (!) Dropped to 608 mm, which is 101% of the average precipitation for the entire rainy season.

In Kibbutz Ayalon in the Western Galilee, 660 mm were measured, which is 82% of the average.

In Afula, 334 mm have been measured so far, which is 73% of the average.

In Ginosar, on the western shore of the Sea of ​​Galilee, 315 mm have been received so far, which is 70% of the average.

In Kedumim in Samaria, 365 mm fell, which is 57% of the average.

In Jerusalem, 247 mm have been measured so far, which is 47% of the average.

In Arad, 53 mm fell, which is 40% of the seasonal average.

In Be’er Sheva only 59 mm have been received so far, which is 31% of the average (in Paran by the way, 4 mm have been received, which is 12% of the average).

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