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        After a few interesting but uneventful days under the influence of the Red Sea Trough, the position of the trough finally changed, and it's center was west of Israel. That ment the winds were more southerly than before. Humidity from the Red Sea entered southern and eastern Israel. Flash flood warnings were issued for south-eastern Israel. I decided to stay in Jerusalem, a decision which proved to be right.

    The sky was clear, but by 12:00 a single towering cumulus cluster formed right above my head in Jerusalem. It drifted westward without showing further development, but my hopes were high. Temperatures were 32 C, above normal in Jerusalem for October. By the time I got to Mevaseret, west of Jerusalem, the cluster almost disappeared. Scattered cirrus and altocumulus were visible. I decided to go back home, and wait to see what will happen. On my way to Jerusalem, a large tower formed out of nowhere, but I was certain it will not develop. The time now was 13:00.

    In 15:00 I saw a thick cirrostratus layer coming from the SW above my house. I didn't pay much attention to it, but in 15:25 I heard a distant thunder. I got to my car and quickly drove after the cloud, and above me beautiful mammatus formed under the cirrostratus layer, which was actually a storm anvil. In 16:00 I spotted the core of the Cb, which was completely rain-free. CG bolts were flying, and a cold wind was suddenly felt, as heavy rain started pouring down. The storm was collapsing, unfortunately, but the cold air of the microburst helped push a new tower up, right under the anvil of the Cb. When the rain was over, I drove closer to the new tower, and withing minutes it's top started to flaten, and a new Cb formed. Thunder and lightning were frequent again, and the new Cb was changing every minute. The base of the first storm was becoming very odd. It looked like a scud, just coming down from the anvil. In this picture, you can see the small new Cb in the background with it's anvil, and the scud-like base of the first storm is in the foreground, it's anvil spreading at the top of the picture.

    The bases of the two storms didn't look so organized. And indeed, the new small Cb decayed fast, and soon all that was left was the little anvil. The first storm, being larger and stronger, was still producing some scattered lightning, but it was decaying too.

    These two storms in Jerusalem were the only storms to form in Israel on that day. The news reported of floodings in the streams of the Judean desert.