Ridingtime Posted January 10, 2013 Author 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? I heard something like this happened 20 years ago. So it's definitely a rare event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Great pictures! Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Wow just beautiful. Congrates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Really exceptional photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmagan Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 How much did the airports get? Do they have deicing equipment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jconsor Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 This was quite an interesting snow event, with bursts of very heavy snow squalls and long periods with no snow and even sunshine. The meat of the event coincided perfectly with the coldest part of the day, from about 9PM to 9AM. I measured 18 cm around 10AM but at least half of that has already melted. Here's a video of thundersnow that I took in Jerusalem: An excellent video taken by my friend Yishai Fleisher in Neve Daniel just outside Jerusalem (elevation near 1000 m, about 200 m higher than Jerusalem): Will post my pics soon, but here are two nice selections of pics: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4330797,00.html (Jerusalem) http://www.hageula.com/news/chabad/9379.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 Great stuff there Jconsor. That thundersnow was unbelievable. I was outside at the time near the central bus station and when it went off, I thought maybe it was a transformer that blew up. I soon realized that, no way, I just witnessed my first thundersnow! Then another boom followed. Totally awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 How much did the airports get? Do they have deicing equipment? There are really only two airports here. The biggest main one near Tel Aviv and the other south in Eilat, and in both places the climate is way too warm to ever get snow. They only got rain and didn't have to deal with the snow or ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzardof96 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Looks like the european won this one by a long shot over the GFS which was much too warm. Amazing snow event for israel, ridingtime and jconsor enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Great pictures. I visited Jerusalem in Summer 2007, and it was memorable. Unfortunately, the snow won't last long as highs are forecasted to surge towards 60F by the beginning of next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Fabulous storm Riding Time and Yaakov! Your're above Boston's total for the season. Miss Israel...need to visit again soon. Thanks for sharing this experience guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Puppet Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Awesome pics. Seeing Jerusalem covered in snow is one of the most amazing sights. 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...
Roger Smith Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 This map link is interesting, as the storm moved into Iraq on Thursday, very mild air moved north into regions east of the Caspian Sea (note the 20s C in Uzbekistan north of Iran-Afghanistan). That is setting off a blizzard across the steppes further north as the mild air hits the Siberian high. http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...WWneareast.gif(the map time is 12z GMT and this site usually updates at 1430z to 1445z ... if you want to see more global maps, bookmark this site http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geomet/meteo/winfos/wetterkarten.html European maps appear for every 6h with the same lag time to updates ... the eastern Asia maps are timed for 06z so you can see today's map six hours earlier than for the Middle East region. ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 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! Awesome pictures! I would love to see Jerusalem in the snow for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridingtime Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Here is a playlist of some of the best videos that I took during the storm. They certainly can't fully capture what it was like being there in person, but they get a pretty good glimpse of how intense some of the snow fall really was. I hope you enjoy them! And here's to another snow storm happening like this again in Jerusalem this winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Here is a playlist of some of the best videos that I took during the storm. They certainly can't fully capture what it was like being there in person, but they get a pretty good glimpse of how intense some of the snow fall really was. I hope you enjoy them! And here's to another snow storm happening like this again in Jerusalem this winter! Wow great videos, I wish I was there to experience it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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