It will be clear to partly cloudy through Sunday with below-average temperatures and a chance of isolated showers in the northern and central mountains on Thursday. Friday will be fair to partly cloudy and slightly warmer. A significant rise in temperature to the seasonal average is forecast for Saturday, with strong winds along the Mediterranean coast, starting in the afternoon. The winds will return Sunday afternoon and another rise in temperature will make it warmer than usual, mainly in the mountains and inland regions.
Thursday highs:
Jerusalem: 17Celsius/62Fahrenheit;
Kinneret/Sea of Galilee: 26C/78F; Golan Heights, Tel Aviv: 21/69;
Haifa: 19/66; Be'er Sheva': 23/73; Dead Sea, Eilat: 29/84