Weather It Is (Season Ending Storm)

Good Evening:

A strong Spring storm will be moving across southern Europe.  As high pressure ridges into northern Europe, cold air will flow southward and help spin up the storm circulation over Cyprus.

At the moment, this looks like a rain storm over much of the center and northern parts of the country, with snow on the Hermon.  However, there is a 20% chance that there could be some wet snow mixed in with the rain over the higher elevations of the center and Galilee, as well in the Golan.

Of course, given the strong sun of Spring, any snow accumulation will be more likely during the night than during the day, so any specific predictions will have to wait until we get closer to this event.  With temperatures marginal for snow in the central mountains, we'd have to get a heavier thunderstorm to whiten the ground, and this can't be predicted at this time.

We do know that temperatures will rise into the mid to upper 20s away from the coast on Tuesday and to near 30 in the inland hills.  In the higher elevations (e.g., Jerusalem), temperatures should rise into the upper 20s.

However, Wednesday night into Friday morning should see a drop off of about 20 C and rain showers should arrive on Thursday.  Heavier precipitation is expected generally from Friday into early next week.  Strong winds are expected on Friday.

Winter-like temperatures will also persist into mid-next week.

Barry Lynn