Weather security

Israelis flocked to Jerusalem on Friday and Saturday to see their capital city covered in white and to frolic in the snow, before it melted by the end of Shabbat.

In addition to blanketing Jerusalem on Thursday night and Friday, snow also fell on the mountains of the North and the Negev at abnormally low altitudes, the Israel Meteorological Service (IMS) said in a storm-summary report. The forecasters added that many parts of the country have already exceeded the seasonal total average rainfall.

“In Jerusalem, this is the third consecutive winter with a significant snow event – snow with a depth of 10 to 15 centimeters and above,” a statement from the IMS said. “The last time such a thing occurred was in the late 1940s.”

Snow falls in Golan, Jerusalem, and even in Negev desert