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"The climate of Israel"

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THE LAND OF ISRAEL IS USED TO DIVIDE INTO THREE MAJOR CLIMATE AREAS, ALTHOUGH THE LAND OF ISRAEL IS RELATIVELY SMALL, THE TYPES OF CLIMATE ARE:
MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE – MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PART OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL ARE LOCATED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION. THE MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE IS CHARACTERIZED BY A WARM AND THIN SUMMER IN THE SINKS, SEASONS ACROSS THE PACIFIES AND RAINY WINTER (SOMETIMES IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS EVEN SNOW). IN THE MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE REGIONS, MORE THAN 400 MM OF PRECIPITATION PER YEAR.
THE ARAB CLIMATE, SEMI-RIDING – A KIND OF TRANSITIONAL CLIMATE BETWEEN THE MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE AND THE DESERT CLIMATE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFINE EXACTLY WHERE THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN CLIMATE TYPES IS GOING, BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A YEAR AND A YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN THE ARAB CLIMATE IS VERY LARGE. WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, IS IN THE AREA OF THE ARAB CLIMATE. IN THE ARAB CLIMATE REGIONS, 200 TO 250 MM OF PRECIPITATION PER YEAR.
DESERT CLIMATE – MOST OF THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY IS IN A DESERT CLIMATE AREA AND IS PART OF THE GLOBAL SUBTROPICAL DESERT STRIP. THIS IS AN ARID AND THIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND NO MORE THAN 200 MM OF PRECIPITATION IS REMOVED DURING THE YEAR.

THIS CLIMATE EXTENDS ON A SMALL AREA IN THE NORTH OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS AND THE MOUNT OF HARMON (WHERE IT EVEN COMES IN HIGH PEAKS TO SUB-ARKTIC CONDITIONS), IN THIS AREA DESCENDS OVER 1,000 MM ANNUALLY WHEN SOME FALL AS SNOW.

WINTER IN ISRAEL

THE WINTER IN THE LATITUDES IN WHICH ISRAEL IS (29.50 DEGREES NORTH TO 33.33 DEGREES NORTH) IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SOCIOTROPIC LEVEL SOUTH. THE SUBTROPICAL LEVEL IS THE ONE THAT PREVENTS THE INTRODUCTION OF DYNAMIC WEATHER SYSTEMS TO THE AREA DURING THE SUMMER AND PART OF THE SPRING AND AUTUMN. WITH THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SUBTROPICAL LEVEL, COLD AIR PENETRATION IS MADE POSSIBLE IN THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE, FIRST IN THE HIGHER AND LATER ALSO IN NAPKINS.

THE WINTER SEASON IS CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT RAINFALL (MAINLY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION), OFTEN DESCENDING IN THE MOST RARE CASES EVEN SNOWFALLS IN ISRAEL, MAINLY IN MOUNTAINS THAT ARE MORE THAN 700 M AND MORE FREQUENTLY IN THE MOUNTAINS THAT ARE MORE THAN 900 METERS TALL. IN THE FALL AND EARLY WINTER, IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AND JANUARY, THE MAJORITY OF THE POLLS DESCEND NEAR THE COAST, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SEA TEMPERATURE, WHICH IS STILL RELATIVELY HOT, AND THE DRY TEMPERATURE, WHICH IS LINKED TO THE CHANGES THAT ARE SEASONS FASTER. LARGE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE USUALLY CAUSES ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY, ALLOWING CLOUD DEVELOPMENT AND PRECIPITATION.

AT THE END OF THE WINTER, WHICH INCLUDES THE SHARE OF JANUARY, AND THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH, THE MAJORITY OF THE CRATERS DESCEND IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. THE SEA, WHICH IS ALREADY ENOUGH TO COOL, DOES NOT PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT FOR THE CREATION OF MANY CLOUDS NEAR THE COAST. ON THE OTHER HAND, OROGRAPHY, A PHENOMENON THAT CAUSES THE RISE OF THE CLOUDS AND SEDIMENTS IN THE SLOPES OF THE CHEEK (IN THE CASE OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL, THE WESTERN SLOPES) OF THE MOUNTAIN BECOMES AUTHENTIC. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CITIES OF JERUSALEM, WINTER PEAKS IN FEBRUARY.

RAINS IN ISRAEL
UNLIKE SOME AREAS IN THE WORLD OF ISRAEL’S PRECIPITATION SEASON LASTS ONLY HALF OF THE YEAR – FROM OCTOBER TO APRIL. VASING IS IN THE THREE WINTER MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WHERE 75% OF THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION GOES DOWN.

THE RAIN IN ISRAEL IS AFFECTED BY THREE MAIN PARAMETERS: TOPOGRAPHIC HEIGHT – THE HIGHER THE AMOUNT OF RAIN INCREASES, PROXIMITY TO THE SEA – THE MORE THE PROXIMITY TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SO THE HUMIDITY RATES GROW IN THE AIR THAT ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF WATERY CLOUDS, AND THE WIDTH – THE MORE THAT GO NORTH OF THE CRATERS.

THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN ISRAEL STANDS AT 700–950 MM IN THE UPPER GALILEE, 500–1000 MM IN THE GOLAN (900–1000 MM) IN THE NORTH LEVEL, 600–800 IN THE CENTER, 500–600 IN THE SOUTH), 600–700 MM IN THE CARMEL MOUNTAINS, ABOUT 600 MM IN SAMARIA, ABOUT 550 MM IN THE JUDEAN MOUNTAINS, 500–600 FROM 600