The weather Friday will be hotter than usual, with heat-wave conditions in the mountains and inland areas and hot, humid conditions along the coastal plain. Heat stress will be heavy to extreme in most regions. The maximum forecast ultraviolet radiation index will be very high to extreme.
Extreme heat stress is expected in the southern Golan Heights and its slopes, the northern valleys, Lower Galilee, the Sea of Galilee basin, the Dead Sea coast, the Jordan Valley, the Arava, the Judean Desert and the eastern Negev. Heavy heat stress is forecast in the northern Golan Heights, Western Galilee, Carmel region and Menashe Heights, the coastal plain, the Shfela, the central mountains, the northern Negev and the Negev Highlands.
Tel Aviv beach
(Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP)
Friday night will be clear to partly cloudy. Toward morning, visibility may be limited in the northwestern Negev because of local fog. Saturday will remain hotter than usual, with heat-wave conditions and a further increase in heat stress, which will be heavy to extreme throughout the country.
The heat wave is expected to peak Sunday. Temperatures will rise slightly, with heat-wave conditions in most mountainous and inland areas and continued hot, humid weather along the coastal plain. Heat stress will be heavy to extreme in all regions, and winds will strengthen from the afternoon.
Temperatures will fall slightly Monday, though conditions will remain hotter than usual, with heat-wave conditions in most mountainous and inland areas. Hot, humid weather will persist along the coast. Heavy to extreme heat stress will continue throughout the country, with winds strengthening from the afternoon.
Forecast highs and lows for Friday and overnight (in degrees Celsius):
Jerusalem 33-21, Tel Aviv 32-24, Haifa 31-23, Safed 34-21, Katzrin 39-21, Tiberias 39-24, Nazareth 38-23, Afula 37-21, Beit She'an 41-26, Lod 34-23, Ashdod 32-23, Ein Gedi 40-29, Be'er-Sheva 36-22, Mitzpe Ramon 36-24 and Eilat 41-30.