Simchat Torah will bring light rain to parts of northern Israel and the coastal plain Saturday morning, with showers expected to ease by around midday.
Skies will be partly cloudy, with drizzle potentially developing into light local rain in the north and along the Mediterranean coast.
Rain expected in northern Israel and along coast on Simchat Torah before clearing by noon
(Photo: Pini Nantervitz)
Temperatures will rise slightly and remain around seasonal averages.
A further slight warming is expected Sunday, before temperatures begin to fall Monday.
On Tuesday, light local rain is also forecast in southern and eastern Israel, while temperatures are expected to remain largely unchanged.
Forecast highs and lows for Saturday: Jerusalem 17°C–25°C, Tel Aviv 20°C–29°C, Haifa 21°C–27°C, Safed 17°C–24°C, Katzrin 18°C–29°C, Tiberias 21°C–30°C, Nazareth 20°C–29°C, Afula 19°C–30°C, Beit She’an 21°C–32°C, Lod 20°C–30°C, Ashdod 21°C–29°C, Ein Gedi 24°C–32°C, Beersheba 18°C–30°C, Mitzpe Ramon 19°C–28°C and Eilat 24°C–34°C.