Our weekly report of the rain and the level of the Kineret.
As of April 3 (10 Nisan) 506 millimeters of rain had fallen in the Jerusalem area during the current season (August 1 to date). This represents 98% of the average rainfall for this period and 94% of the average rainfall for the entire season in the Jerusalem area which is 537 mm.
In most places in Israel the rainfall so far has exceeded the average for this period so far, in many places by more than double. Haifa has already received 125% of the amount of rain it usually gets in a whole season. Many other locations in the north got more than their average share already. On Friday it was raining in Jerusalem.
The current level of the Kinneret is -209.945 meters below sea level, a rise of 0.08 meters in the last two weeks, which is more than three meters above the lower red line of -213 meters. It is still more than a meter from the upper red line of -208.8 meters, but it is expected to rise more due to inflow of rain already fallen and snowmelt. It is now 1.145 meters below the upper red line.
