Weather It Is (Flooding Rains)

Good Evening:

Flooding Rains.

Our latest forecasts shows a very high probability of heavy rains in the Binyamina area late night, moving through Jerusalem early morning.  The heavy rain should then be concentrated from southern Jerusalem to just south of Hebron through Thursday, most likely leading to flooding of streams and river beds. Between 50 to 100 millimeters of precipitation is expected.  Roads in Gush Etzion may have large areas of standing water.  Do not drive through standing water! Run-off from the rain in Gush Etzion will likely flow into the area of the Dead Sea, creating potentially dangerous flooding in this area. Thunder and lightning will accompany the heavy rain.

Snow and Ice: Snow and Ice on the Hermon, where up to a meter of snow is expected (Hermon), with  accumulation of snow along the spine of the Golan.  Hail in heavy thunderstorms could lead to icing on roads in the central mountains, which should quickly melt.  At the moment, snow is not expected to accumulate in the central mountains.

An update should be issued Thursday morning once the storm has completely formed over the Mediterranean, and any possible changes to forecast temperatures and precipitation type will be noted.

Barry Lynn