Weather It Is (Winter Snow Advisory)

Good Afternoon:

The latest data is now and it presents more interesting possibilities.

Snow: Cold air will continue to filter in at 850 and 700 mb this afternoon and evening.  With it, our highest resolution model is now predicting a coating of snow in Jerusalem (with temperatures around 2 C), and several centimeters in Gush Etzion (and on mountains just north of the city). A coating of snow in Safed is also likely.

A 500 mb trough will make its way towards our coast tonight and tomorrow. While it is not especially cold, it is colder than -25 C, and some members of the global ensemble are significantly colder.  This means that there is the possibility that periods of snow will continue into the afternoon/evening on Shabbat, before ending with the passage of the trough. Snow continues on the Golan.

Wind: This afternoon strong to gale force winds continue before tapering off this afternoon.

Rain: periods of rain, although amounts are suppose to be within 5 to 10 cm.

Dust storm in the south ends tonight.

Shabbat Shalom,

Barry Lynn