Weather It Is (In Free Fall --> To a Soft Landing?)

Good Afternoon:

The temperatures are in free-fall until tomorrow (Friday morning).  From Friday morning until Monday, temperatures will remain unseasonably cold.

Snow is likely on the Hermon Friday afternoon and evening (with a light accumulation).  There will be periods of rain from tomorrow morning into Shabbat from the center to the north.  Rain should spread to the southern Desert areas late Saturday into Sunday.

The cold at upper levels will intensity late Saturday into Sunday.  Temperatures will fall below the "benchmark" -25 C, and possibly reach as low as -27 C.  The unseasonable cold at 500 mb will continue into Sunday evening.

Meanwhile, closer to the surface the spring sun will keep temperatures relatively warm -- although unseasonably cold for this time of year.  Nevertheless, there is the possibility of wet snow in the higher elevations of the center and northern Galilee Saturday night into Sunday morning.  Any precipitation on Sunday should fall as rain, except for the possibility of ice pellets during thunderstorms. There should be moderate snow amounts on the Hermon.

The cold looks to continue until mid-week.

Updates will be issued if needed.

Hag Samaeach,

Barry Lynn