Weather It Is Winter Storm Update #5)

Snow has fallen in Gush Etzion (and northern Israel).  In areas such as Efrat, it has accumulated on cars, sidewalks, and streets, but temperatures are just above freezing so that the snow accumulation is quite slushy. Elsewhere, I'd expect to hear (from you) that snow did accumulate.

After a brief lull later tonight, the mixed rain and snow should return in the morning and then transition to all snow sometime in the afternoon.  The snow should accumulate first as a slush, but at night into Friday there should be a heavy accumulation of snow (that is, something white and soft, that you can throw).  There's still some uncertainty in the forecast of temperatures, so optimistically there will be a lot of snow, less optimistically there will be accumulating snow.

After the snow finishes late Friday or Saturday morning there may be a transition to rain and warmer temperatures.

Barry Lynn