Stormy time arrived in Israel Friday, the start of the winter, after a period of unusually dry signal.
November is the driest months in 42 years old and the forest fires which have last week in Carmel hills - the biggest fire in Israeli history - was fuelled by drought.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms appear in nationwide on Friday afternoon and evening.
Weather conditions, this weekend and early next week should be stormy, with heavy rains and snow on the Hermon.
Temperatures should abandon 2-3 degrees. Saturday, rain are expected in the North, accompanied by strong winds, speeds of 50-110 km/h.
Rain will become stronger and spread in central Israel to Saturday, with thunder and lightning. Sandstorms are expected in the South.
The storm is expected to reach its peak Saturday night.
MeteoTech meteorologist Nachum Malik said Saturday, "with rain getting stronger, there is concern flood in the Western Galilee and along the coastal plain, including the foothills of the Carmel, especially after the fire." Saturday night and Sunday will be particularly rainy. Very large amounts of rain are expected in Northern and Central, and there is concern serious flooding in cities located along the coast.
Further decreases in temperatures is scheduled for Sunday. Snow should fall on Mount Hermon and possibly peaks higher than in the North. In the Negev should shower with.
"This is a system that develops in our region and should leave the area only on Monday afternoon," says Malik.
University Hebrew climatologist Daniel Rosenfeld, explains that some than even the cold air which until recently was in Western Europe is now moving towards the East. The main body of this cold air will reach the Italy the Greece, and its edges is also reaching us, causing stormy times during the weekend.
Professor Rosenfeld says that this could be the first of several systems will be end of recent months dry sky. "The situation could be repeated, but I can't say that over the long term, we will have a complete break drought."
Israel airports have begun to prepare for the storm. Airports Authority employees were encouraged to protect smaller aircraft, especially those airports Dov and Herzliya, small private aircraft face the risk of be blown away by the wind.
In coastal areas of the South and the Negev, they prepare for flooding, and some 80 rescue volunteers to prepare for the likelihood of having to leave people caught in the flooding expected.
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