Weather It Is (Blizzard Warning!)

Good Evening: Heavy snow and gale force winds in the north (Safed, Galilee peaks, the Golan) will occur Tuesday night. The combination of heavy snow and strong winds means that blizzard conditions will occur in these areas Blizzard conditions will continue in the north on Wednesday. The snow should arrive early-to-mid-morning Wednesday in Jerusalem and mid-to-late morning in Gush Etzion and accumulate 25 cm by mid-afternoon. Because of the snow amounts and gale force wind schools should/must be cancelled in Jerusalem and Gush Etzion on Wednesday (even if the snow doesn't arrive by sunrise).  Snow amounts and winds will combine to quickly produce blizzard conditions during the day on Wednesday throughout the area.  When the snow arrive in the morning, it will accumulate immediately, heavily, and make travel quite dangerous if not impossible within a very short time. Expected snow amounts by early Thursday: 25-50 cm in Jerusalem. 35-70 cm in Gush Etzion.  25 cm in Safed by Wednesday morning. 25-50 cm in Safed by Thursday morning.  50-100 cm of snow by Thursday morning in the Golan and more than one meter on Har Hermon. Snow will be accompanied by lightning at times. Expect flooding in the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea Valley, and Arava Barry Lynn