Israel Police Weather Hotline: 1-700-705-100.
3:34 PM Thunder and lightning in Gush Etzion.
2:30 PM Lightning hit a Ben-Gurion Airport control tower. No flights were endangered, the tower moved over to subsystems.
11:57 AM Highway 443 closed due to danger of skidding from ice on the road.
11:35 AM The IDF up north:
11:33 AM Mount Meron in Israel’s north:
Photo by: Israel Nature and Parks Authority/FLASH90
10:47 AM Snow beginning to fall in Ariel
10:45 AM Road 60 closed between Adam and Eli due to snow.
10:28 Jerusalem announces parking in Blue and White zones will be free during the snow, but anyone parking in a way that blocks traffic will be ticketed.
9:32 AM Snow on the Golan Heights:
Photo: Basal Awidat/FLASH90
9:21 AM Snow beginning to stick in Gush Etzion.
9:17 AM Nothing sticking yet in northern Gush Etzion.
8:35 AM Road UPDATE: The Tunnel Road between Gush Etzion and Jerusalem is still open.
8:30 AM Highways to Gush Etzion closed from north (tunnel roads and Beitar) to all non-residents.
8:11 AM Police have closed the road to Tzfat (Safed). 8:06 AM A decision has been made to shut down most public bus transportation in Gush Etzion at this point. All roads are still open. The following buses are still running: 1165 (but it won’t enter Efrat), 166, 266, 62. For more information contact Egged at *2800
8:02 AM The Kinneret has gone up 2 centimeters in the past day, and 4 centimeters in the past week.
7:55 AM Police advise, if you need to go to Jerusalem, go early. Only Highway 443 will be open later today for leaving Jerusalem. The Highway 1 entrance/exit from Jerusalem will be closed starting 10 AM.
7:52 AM IEC (Israel Electric Company) not yet starting its emergency generators in Shiloh. They’re hoping to fix the electricity before the snow begins.
7:45 AM Snow has begun to fall, with reports of snow in Kiryat Arba (not sticking yet), Beit Manoach, Beit Chagai, Gush Etzion and Efrat. Strong winds have knocked down electricity in Gush Adumim (it’s now back), Shiloh and Yitzhar.