Ridingtime Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Everything is now snow. Just had a really nice burst of it. Need some consistency and we're set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extremewx52 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I know someone who is currently in Tiberias, Israel. He posted a few pictures on his Facebook for me. Said it started as rain and caused flooding since it doesn't rain there much and then changed to snow. Tiberias is located near sea level. Got this information from wikipedia: The winters are mild with temperatures ranging from 18C to 8C (65F and 46F). Extremes have ranged from 0 to 46C (32F to 115F) Elevation ranges from -200m to 200m Enjoy the pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Snowing HARD now. Accumulating everywhere. Streets covered. Can't wait to post these pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Snowing HARD now. Accumulating everywhere. Streets covered. Can't wait to post these pics Glad it worked out! Looks like a nice little band rotated through over the past couple hours although it looks like things now have shifted towards a more typical "multi-band" type setup with the heavier bands to your southwest. You may see some light accumulations through Thursday morning though from intermittent precip, esepcially if you have the ground covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 By the way, got some thundersnow in that last burst we had a couple of hours ago. That was the first time I ever witnessed that. Totally awesome. This is definitely meeting some of my expectations. There is about 2 inches on the ground now in some spots. The roads are slushy. More of these bursts are supposed to occur the next 12 hours or so. Hope to get a link to some pics and videos soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Glad it worked out! Looks like a nice little band rotated through over the past couple hours although it looks like things now have shifted towards a more typical "multi-band" type setup with the heavier bands to your southwest. You may see some light accumulations through Thursday morning though from intermittent precip, esepcially if you have the ground covered. Thanks. Do you mind linking me to what you are looking at? I have had a hard time finding a good satellite and radar to watch during these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Thanks. Do you mind linking me to what you are looking at? I have had a hard time finding a good satellite and radar to watch during these things. Sure. Nothing really great, I haven't tracked down any radar images. Here's one satellite source: http://www.eurometeo.com/english/meteosat/jump_EUMET:IR-7 Accuweather has a more zoomed in version: http://www.accuweather.com/en/il/jerusalem/213225/satellite/213225 The Wundermap has is good for looking at weather stations for temps/wind direction as well as Euro images: http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=32.00000000&lon=34.90000153&zoom=8&pin=Tel%20Aviv%2c%20Israel&type=hyb&rad=0&wxsn=0&svr=0&cams=0&sat=1&sat.num=1&sat.spd=25&sat.opa=85&sat.gtt1=109&sat.gtt2=108&sat.type=IR4&riv=0&mm=0&hur=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 And here are pics: https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A65qXGF1u8KHT In the photo stream, be aware that at first the pics appear blurry, and you gotta give them a chance to load Going to get videos up later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Puppet Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Nice. Been waiting for these And here are pics: https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A65qXGF1u8KHT In the photo stream, be aware that at first the pics appear blurry, and you gotta give them a chance to load Going to get videos up later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 Getting an amazing band of snow right now. It's falling heavily and softly. Winter wonderland. There is definitely about 3 to 4 inches of snow on the ground, all over. Took more amazing pics and will have them up soon. I prob should head to bed. It's past 3 AM here, but staying up for this was completely worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Getting an amazing band of snow right now. It's falling heavily and softly. Winter wonderland. There is definitely about 3 to 4 inches of snow on the ground, all over. Took more amazing pics and will have them up soon. I prob should head to bed. It's past 3 AM here, but staying up for this was completely worth it Great shots. I'm happy to see that the heavier precipitation materialized. Enjoy the snowfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Puppet Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Stay up until it's over and keep posting pics Getting an amazing band of snow right now. It's falling heavily and softly. Winter wonderland. There is definitely about 3 to 4 inches of snow on the ground, all over. Took more amazing pics and will have them up soon. I prob should head to bed. It's past 3 AM here, but staying up for this was completely worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Satellite imagery showing a band of precip sitting right over Jerusalem. Ridingtime may wake up to 15-20cm of snow! Webcams seem to look extremely snowy as the sun rises. I underestimated this thing but wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 Woke up to 5 inches of snow on the ground. No joke. This went above and beyond expectations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Woke up to 5 inches of snow on the ground. No joke. This went above and beyond expectations I'd fully believe that. Living in lake effect country I know full well the surprise of waking up and finding out that a band sat and dumped all night. It's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrocks Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 This is absolutely breathtaking. Unbelievable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 I'm just speechless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrocks Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I'm just speechless Enjoy it! Some of us back in the states are about to go through some record warmth. I know my city could break a record set back in 1890 on Friday and Saturday. How often do you guys get a snowfall of more than an inch? I didn't realize Jerusalem was capable of getting five inches of snow. I knew you got some, but though it was never more than a dusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 Just got back from a long journey to the Old City. Have some pics that I have dreamed of taking for a very long time. The whole time from 7 am to 10:30 am we were under an extremely heavy band of snow. Temps started rising though near the end around the time the precip slowed down and a lot of melting has been going on. But wow, those hours were unbelievable. Now it's pretty sunny, but supposedly there is a large new batch of precip coming - hopefully it'll all still be snow But so far, this has been one of the most amazing snow storms I have ever experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 And here we go, just like that, the clouds came back again, and we getting another heavy clip of this stuff. What a day so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 You guys squeeze a lot of weather into a small country. Reading a story about an attempted organized crime hit in Tel Aviv, and they have palm trees in the picture. Almost sounds like SoCal, warm at the beach, snow in the mountains. Not that I ever found the beaches in SoCal all that warm the few times I went.. I gotta get my passport renewed someday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 One of those times you're glad you busted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 One of those times you're glad you busted! I am glad you busted too. But it's totally ok man, the terrain here is way different and much trickier than what you are probably used to. I think that post I made earlier where I quoted Jconsor pretty much sums up the deal here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 Just changed my avatar to a pic I have dreamed of taking for as long as I have been on this weather board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I am glad you busted too. But it's totally ok man, the terrain here is way different and much trickier than what you are probably used to. I think that post I made earlier where I quoted Jconsor pretty much sums up the deal here. Yeah, I need to get a better feeling of the climo there...though the terrain is not the real problem...I'm looking at 6500ft+ peaks almost everywhere I turn around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 Yeah, I need to get a better feeling of the climo there...though the terrain is not the real problem...I'm looking at 6500ft+ peaks almost everywhere I turn around. Ah gotcha. Posting a link to some great pics soon btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaser25973 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Ah gotcha. Posting a link to some great pics soon btw As a fellow Jew, I wish you Mazel Tov on the snow! Arab, Jew, Israeli, Palestinian - doesn't matter - all children love snow! It's a fact of life! I'm sure if it snowed more in Jerusalem, there would be mideast peace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.408205952590583.95553.212239085520605&type=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 Ok guys, here are my pics from the storm: https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A6G4TcsmGxhVvG And don't forget about this album that I posted earlier: https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A65qXGF1u8KHT Feel free to pass those links around. I had a blast covering this for you guys. In the end we received a maximum reported 18 cm (about! 8 inches!) The number 18 happens to equal the word Chai or "Life" in it's Hebrew numerical form. And man, this snow storm was the life! One of the best snow events I have ever witnessed. I hope you enjoy the pics, and stay tuned for some incredible videos soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Awesome pics!I haven't seen an 8" storm in almost two years here in Cleveland...how long has it been since Jerusalem has seen over 6" of snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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