Weather It Is (Differences: between January to February's Snow Storm)

Good Afternoon:

Here are some important differences between tonight's predicted snowstorm and last January's storm.

1) Temperatures from the surface to the upper atmosphere are 1 to 1.5 C colder than in the January storm.

2) Predicted amounts of precipitation are about twice in this storm compared to January's.

3) Our high resolution model predicts temperatures at freezing or just below in Jerusalem (compared to 1 to 2 C above).

4) Our highest resolution model predicts on average 20 cm of snow in Jerusalem compared to 5 cm in the previous storm.

5) The heaviest snow should fall (outside of the Golan where it is already snowing) in the Jerusalem area, including the mountains (e.g., Har Bracha) immediately north of Jerusalem and the area of Gush Etzion.

Barry Lynn