It will be clear to partly cloudy and warmer than usual during the day on Tuesday with brisk winds in the north that will bring local rain and isolated thunderstorms to eastern and southern portions of the country during the evening. The rain and thunderstorms are expected to continue from the northern border to the northern Negev on Wednesday, with a risk of flooding in eastern and southern wadis. The rain will spread to the central Negev on Thursday night. On Friday it will be partly cloudy and cooler with rain in the central and southern regions during the morning.

Tuesday high temperatures:

Jerusalem: 20Celsius/68Fahrenheit; Kinneret/Sea of Galilee, Be'er Sheva: 27C/81F; Golan Heights: 22/72;

Haifa, Tel Aviv: 24/75; Dead Sea: 26/79; Eilat: 29/84.