The water level of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) rose by one cm over the weekend, bringing the water level to 209.19 meters below sea level, according to the Water Authority.
The Kinneret is now 0.29 meters below the upper red line threshold which marks 208.9 meters below sea level. The sea is currently at the highest level it's been since 2004.
If the lake exceeds the upper red line threshold, the Degania Dam will be opened and the water will be diverted to the Jordan River.
The last time the dam was opened was in 2013.
Earlier this month, the Water Authority announced that the dam was not expected to open this year, even though the last two years have had high amounts of rainfall. In February, the Water Authority announced that it would open the dam in late March if the Kinneret reached 20 centimeters below the upper red line.
A report by the Water Authority earlier this month announced that the water level of the Kinneret had risen by 2.315 meters since the beginning of the rainy season, compared to a 3.47 meter rise last winter. (It is now a 2.695 meter rise since the beginning of the season) The past two winters and a dramatic decrease in pumping have brought the lake from being near the black line threshold, which would indicate an ecological danger, to its current, almost full state.
The Water Authority believes that the water level will reach 20 centimeters under the upper red line. In 2004, the water level reached 8 centimeters under the upper red line and the dam still wasn't opened.