Snow!

The snow -- in the form of graupel -- arrived this morning. But it was fits and starts. Some snow, some rain, lots of wind, five minutes of blue skies and sunshine, followed by more rain. The schools were shut down at noon.

Things cooled down tonight and now we have snow, without intermittent rain. It's 2230 and there's about two centimeters accumulated. I'm hoping I can get some (better) photos in the morning. At the Haaretz website they are calling this "heavy snow"; in my backyard it doesn't quite look like that yet. But, it is possible that up on the hills (Mt Scopus, Mt of Olives, Mt Herzl) that things look different.

Snow in the German Colony (09.01.13)

Meanwhile, the lower elevations continue to flood. The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Highway has been shut. Some 25,000 homes are without electricity...and we're only at the beginning of the snow that is meant to fall continuously until noon tomorrow.

More in the morning.

Snow (09.01.13)