Weather It Is (Strong Thunderstorms)

 Good Morning:

1) Possibility of strong thunderstorms, mostly across southern areas this morning, possibly moving into central areas this afternoon.

A very strong upper level low is moving across the Sinai today and will transition across southern Israel this afternoon and evening.  The strong temperature gradient between the surface and upper atmosphere, combined with dust, creates the possibility of strong thunderstorms.  These storms can produce flooding rains and hail.

Unlike the first part of February, the atmospheric pattern is set up for a period of cool weather with periodic episodes of precipitation into the first week of March.

Barry Lynn