Weather It Is (A Good Day To Pant and to Celebrate)

Good Afternoon:

It's a good day (for a dog) to pant.  Actually, it's an even better day to go to the beach or simply stay in doors. On the other hand, since our dog is staying in doors, so perhaps this is the best choice.

By far, the hottest weather of the season, and it is a scorcher!  It's 33 C here in Efrat (in the central mountains), but 40 C down in the coastal plain at Ben-Gurion.

Fortunately, it's quite dry with very low humidity.

Tomorrow, a cool front will approach and bring maximum temperatures down to the low 30s.  Because it will take time for the front to move west to east across the country (yes, it does take time to move even a relatively small distance as the crow flies), it should actually be hotter in Jerusalem than in the coastal areas.

Yet, the front will pass and temperatures will actually fall to below seasonable temperatures by Friday, barely reaching the low 20s.

From Shabbat onwards, we'll begin a climb to more summer-like weather, so by this time next week we may be looking at extreme temperatures again.  At this time, we see quite a large potential temperature spread in the global ensemble from mid-next week onwards, so we can't say whether the heat will last or if we'll just return to more seasonable temperatures.

Tonight there is an event in Efrat sponsored by the Or Etzion Boy's school. It's music, dancing, stories.  It's a celebration by the children of the school for all of us -- to rejoice in our presence in the land of Israel and our success, with the hope that this is just a step on the way to continued blessings in our land.

Barry Lynn