Thursday, April 21, 2016

Weather It Is (Not Much Going On)

Good Evening:

We've been having some problem returning data to users over the last several days has we've had some system problems.  We hope to solve them soon after Pesach.

In the meantime, we'll try to keep the site available as best we can.

The weather has been quite warm, but it's going to cool off until the end of Shabbat.

It should warm up on Sunday, briefly cool off on Monday, and then become possibly hot by the end of Pesach.

However, the heat may end in some showers and the end of the month should be on the cool side.

It has been a very busy couple of weeks for me.  There has been a lot of extra work and a trip to the US to visit family.

The end result was when my wife was asked if I helped clean for Pesach, she said "Yes, he cleaned the self-cleaning ovens."  This year she is also checking rice (I checked it last year), so you can see just how busy it has been.

Hag Kosher v Sameach Pesach,

Barry Lynn

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Weather It Is (Rainy Weather)

Good Late Night:

Much colder air is on its way, and with it is plenty of moisture.

The heaviest rain should be from Tel-Aviv northward, with the potential for convective storms.

The rain should occur in at least two periods: Tuesday morning afternoon, and Wednesday afternoon (with showers persisting into Thursday).

There is the potential for 10 to 25 mm/3h in the coastal cities Tuesday.

The rain in the Dead Sea area could exceed 10 mm by Tuesday afternoon, although 3 h rain amounts should be less than 10 mm/3.

Wednesday could bring heavier rain further south, and possibly in the Arava on Thursday.

Warmer weather will follow.

Barry Lynn


Monday, April 11, 2016

Weather It Is (From The Tropics to the Far North)

Good Morning:

There were certainly some very large rain drops last night.

The intermittent showers and thunderstorms combined with the warm and humid weather reminded me more of the "Old Country" (New York) than the new (Jerusalem). This was the result of a warm tropical flow of air from the Atlantic across Africa.

However, the tropical weather is departing and a new storm moving in the from the northwest (with colder, but still humid air from the Mediterranean).

There is still a lot of uncertainty regarding rain amounts with the next storm, as there will also be a convective element to the rain as well.

Through Tuesday,  it appears that generally 10 to 25 mm of rain will fall from about Tel-Aviv northward, with localised 25 to 50 mm.  South of Tel-Aviv to Beer Sheva will generally be 5 to 10 mm, with some spots > 10 mm.

However, heavier rain may return on Wednesday from the north to the south and last into Thursday.

The weather will begin to warm up a bit into the following, pre-peach week.

Barry Lynn

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Weather It Is (Hot and Cold -- The Death of A Friend)

Good Afternoon:

The weather is going to get quite warm by Saturday night, if not hot in some places.

However, Friday night will begin a downtrend in the temperatures which will reach their nadir about Tuesday, and temperatures may not recover to such warm levels before Pesach arrives.

Rain/thunder showers could might occur from Shabbat into late Sunday, and then a heavier rain is possible on Tuesday.  The probability of a heavier rain is about 30%, while the probability of rain is close to 100%.

Temperatues will begin to warm up again on Wednesday of next week, but springtime -- rather than summertime -- temperatures will be most likely all the way to the start of the holiday.

I heard this morning about the death of a very good friend -- Rafi Novak.  He was someone I always looked forward to seeing.  He was a kind person.  He was a good person.  He was responsible and honest in his dealings, and he gave good advice.  One could not ask for a better friend.  I will miss him.

Barry Lynn

Friday, April 1, 2016

Weather It Is (Plain Nice)

Good Afternoon:

The weather is plain nice -- and just in the nick of time.

The complaints were starting to roll in -- and some of them were very close to home.

Were I a doctor or an electrician, or even a simple handyman (which everyone who has ever tried knows it is not so), I would be able to fix things.  Instead, I am just a person who talks about the weather -- and talks more than most.

Anyway, the upcoming week will not have anything to complain about, other than some dust over southern areas.  Temperatures should be warm and it should be dry throughout the upcoming week, and I am not fooling.

A weak upper air disturbance should arrive mid-week, but it may produce just some clouds.

Even warmer temperatures will follow it.

Looking into the middle of next week shows a possible rain storm.  However, temperatures should remain more like spring than winter.

Shabbat Shalom,

Barry Lynn