17.02.2012                      24.Schwat. 5772

Winterwetter:

Israel battens down for storm, as Jerusalem awaits maiden snowfall

Temperatures in Jerusalem will hit zero degrees Celsius, and in Tel Aviv, the mercury will fall as low as 10 degrees during the day and 6 degrees at night.

This weekend may bring the year's first snowfall to spread beyond Israel's northern mountains, with snow expected on hilltops in the north and center of the country and, briefly, in Jerusalem. The stormy weather will taper off on Sunday.
On Thursday, rain fell throughout most of the country, and Mount Hermon got snow. The heaviest rainfall, according to the Meteo-Tech company, was around Ben Shemen, which got 40 millimeters….