Heavy to extreme heat stress if forecast for Friday between the high humidity of the Mediterranean coastal plain and the Sharav temperature extremes inland and at higher elevations. People are asked to be careful with fire. Temperatures are expected to drop on Shabbat but relief from the heat stress is not expected until Sunday. An additional slight drop in temperature is forecast for Monday, especially in the mountains.

Friday highs:

Jerusalem: 40Celsius/104Fahrenheit, Kinneret/Sea of Galilee: 44C/111F,

Golan Heights: 42/108, Haifa: 35/95, Tel Aviv: 34/93, Be'er Sheva 43/109,

Dead Sea: 45/113, Eilat: 47/117