Winds of up to 45 kilometers/28 miles an hour are forecast throughout the country on Thursday. Occasional showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected in the northern half of the country with dust and sandstorms possible in the south. There will be a considerable drop in temperature to below the seasonal average. The rain will continue overnight with flash flooding possible in the coastal plain, the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea area. The flood risk will continue in the Judean Desert and Dead Sea region on Friday under cloudy skies. It will be cold, but the rain and win will gradually subside in the evening. There's a chance of light, local rain along the Mediterranean coast on Saturday; otherwise variable cloudiness with a slight warming trend which will continue on Sunday under cloudy skies.
Thursday highs:
Jerusalem: 16Celsius/60Fahrenheit;
Kinneret/Sea of Galilee, Haifa: 18C/64F; Golan Heights: 14/57;
Tel Aviv: 19/66; Be'er Sheva': 21/69; Dead Sea: 22/72: Eilat: 23/73