{"id":15219,"date":"2025-02-16T14:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T12:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rega.news\/?p=15219"},"modified":"2025-02-16T14:51:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T12:51:04","slug":"snowfall-expected-in-jerusalem-as-icy-front-on-way-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/snowfall-expected-in-jerusalem-as-icy-front-on-way-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowfall Expected in Jerusalem as Icy Front on Way to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel is bracing for an unusual cold front expected to peak over the weekend, with snowfall predicted in the northern and central mountains\u2014including the capital, Jerusalem. According to the Israel Meteorological Service, the winter storm will intensify as the weekend approaches. The first snowflakes are expected late Thursday night into early Friday in the northern Golan Heights, gradually spreading southward.<\/p>\n<p>By Friday, snowfall is expected to reach the Upper Galilee region and the city of Safed (Tzfat).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jerusalem Braces for Snowfall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_15221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15221\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/snow-in-gush-etzion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/snow-in-gush-etzion.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/snow-in-gush-etzion-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/snow-in-gush-etzion-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/snow-in-gush-etzion-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/snow-in-gush-etzion-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/snow-in-gush-etzion-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowfall in Efrat, Gush Etzion | Photo: Shutterstock<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAs temperatures continue to drop overnight from Friday into Saturday, snowfall is predicted to reach mountain elevations of 500\u2013600 meters in the north and higher elevations in central Israel. By Saturday morning, the freezing air mass is expected to push further south, potentially bringing snow to the Jerusalem mountains and even to the city itself which tends to get snowfall only once every few years. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Uncertainty Over Snow Accumulation<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile meteorologists remain confident about the cold temperatures, uncertainty remains regarding the exact amount of precipitation and the potential for significant snow accumulation. The Israel Meteorological Service advises that more precise forecasts will be available within the next 24\u201348 hours, but a major winter event is all but certain.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of snowfall levels, freezing temperatures and stormy conditions are expected across the country, making this one of the most significant winter weather events of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful winter storm is set to sweep across Israel, bringing freezing temperatures and snow to the northern and central mountains\u2014including Jerusalem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,65],"tags":[2915,2618,2913,1493,2914],"class_list":["post-15219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-world","tag-cold-front","tag-golan-heights","tag-israel-meteorological-service","tag-jerusalem","tag-safed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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