It will be mostly cloudy in the north and hazy in the south with warmer temperatures on Friday. There's a chance of isolated rain and thunder, mainly in the south and east, until the afternoon, with a slight risk of flooding in the stream beds of the Judean Desert, the Arava and the Negev. Colder and moister air will move into the area in the afternoon and the winds will pick up. Significantly cooler on Shabbat, with light rain from the north to the northern Negev. Strong winds will prevail and it will be slightly warmer under partly cloudy skies on Sunday and Monday. Isolated showers are forecast, mainly in the north.
Friday highs:
Jerusalem, Golan Heights: 21Celsius/70Fahrenheit;
Kinneret/Sea of Galilee, Dead Sea: 29C/84F; Eilat: 28/82
Haifa, Tel Aviv: 23/73, Be'er Sheva: 26/79