Fair skies are forecast through Sunday with winds up to 60 kilometers/37 miles an hour and haze and a chance of haze expected through Friday. It will be colder than usual. On Saturday, the winds will weaken gradually and temperatures will rise slightly. Additional slight warming is expected on Sunday, along with the return of brisk winds in the north and the mountains.
Thursday highs:
Jerusalem: 13Celsius/55Fahrenheit:
Kinneret/Sea of Galilee, Tel Aviv: 22C/71F; Golan Heights: 16/60;
Haifa: 18/64; Be'er Sheva': 20/68; Dead Sea: 24/75; Eilat: 23/73