Shavuot was characterized by the most intense heat we have experienced so far this spring. The heat will continue throughout the night and will only break towards morning.
On Friday, temperatures will drop slightly and will be lower than the seasonal average.
How was such intense heat created? Experts explain that the concentration of hot air and dust came from a large sediment originating in North Africa, and it moved along the North African coast.
Climatologist Prof. Hadas Saaroni from the Department of Geography at Tel Aviv University told the Winnet website: "Such depressions are very typical of the spring season, and as we get closer to summer, their frequency decreases. When such a depression manages to penetrate our region closer to summer, the temperatures are especially high because the land is warm compared to the beginning of spring. When it approaches Egypt, we are in the hottest part, and that's what happened in the afternoon.".
The firefighting squadron raised the alert and seven firefighting aircraft were placed on alert. The reason: extreme concern about the development of fires and their rapid spread in the Jerusalem Mountains area.
At the Jerusalem district stations, due to the heat, it was decided to partially cancel the holiday break and recruit teams to reinforce the shifts at the stations.
Later, the Sherbi depression will continue to move eastward, so that the Sherbi will break in the early morning. The change will be sharp, but it will be accompanied by heavy haze.
The temperatures measured today were Haifa at 40 degrees, Tel Aviv at 38, Beer Sheva – 42 degrees, Jerusalem – 34 degrees, Safed – 34 degrees, and Kfar Saba – 41 degrees.
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