Temperatures will rise from Friday through next Tuesday, with the possibility of local showers in the north Friday and on the Sabbath. No rain is forecast before next Thursday, but weather maps indicate the possibility of another large storm bringing more rain next Friday night.

Tonight (Friday), the thermometer will dip to around zero in Jerusalem, Gush Etzion and Be'er Sheva but will rise into the low teens Celsius on the Sabbath. The warming trend will continue on Monday and Tuesday and drop a bit on Wednesday.