Jerusalem residents anticipating a white cityscape over the weekend faced disappointment as the "Coral" cold front passing through Israel delivered only low temperatures, without the coveted snowfall.
The Jerusalem Municipality's comprehensive preparations proved excessive, including nighttime and early morning deployment of salt spreaders and the preemptive rescheduling of the soccer derby between Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem to Friday. Weather forecasts predicting snow in the capital ultimately went unfulfilled.
While Mount Hermon experienced extremely low temperatures and accumulated up to 20 inches of snow at its upper elevations, Jerusalem residents woke to nothing more than an exceptionally cold morning under partly cloudy skies. Though schools delayed their opening until 9 a.m., the city recorded no significant precipitation beyond the low temperatures.
