The weather will be warmer than usual and drier in the mountains and inland; Relief will come on Friday with a drop in temperatures that will return to normal for the seasonynet|The weather on Wednesday will become warmer than usual and dry in the mountains and inland areas. After the morning clouds disperse, skies will turn fair, temperatures will rise and heat stress will become more intense. Along the coastal plain, conditions will remain humid.The maximum UV index forecast for today is very high to extreme. Extreme heat stress is expected in the southern Golan Heights and its slopes, the northern valleys, the Lower Galilee, the Kinneret Valley, the Dead Sea coast, the Jordan Valley and Arava, the Judean Desert and the eastern Negev.Dead Sea(Photo: Sinan Abu Maizer/Reuters)Heavy heat stress is expected in the northern Golan Heights, Upper Galilee, Western Galilee, Carmel, Menashe Heights, the coastal plain, the Judean foothills and the central mountains, as well as in the northern Negev and the Negev Highlands. Overnight, skies will be clear to partly cloudy.Thursday will continue to be warmer than usual in the mountains and inland areas, while the coastal plain will remain humid. On Friday, temperatures will drop and return to seasonal norms. Heat stress will ease, and winds will strengthen in the afternoon. On Saturday, there will be no significant change in temperatures, and after the morning clouds disperse, the weather will turn fair.Forecast temperatures for today and tonight: Jerusalem 20°C-32°C, Tel Aviv 25°C-32°C, Haifa 25°C-31°C, Safed 20°C-34°C, Katzrin 23°C-38°C, Tiberias 24°C-38°C, Nazareth 24°C-35°C, Afula 23°C-36°C, Beit She’an 26°C-40°C, Lod 24°C-33°C, Ashdod 24°C-32°C, Ein Gedi 28°C-40°C, Beersheba 23°C-36°C, Mitzpe Ramon 24°C-36°C and Eilat 30°C-42°C.