The weather is about to get colder with the cold wave starting to affect upper Sindh and likely to grip the remaining areas from tomorrow, the weather department said Sunday. Karachiites will need to layer themselves for the upcoming bone-chilling cold.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted that starting tomorrow, the temperature in the port city will drop to 6°C to 8°C (Monday).
The minimum temperature in other Sindh cities, meanwhile, may fall to 2°C to 4°C in the districts of Sukkur, Ghotki, Larkana, Qambar Shahdadkot, Kashmore, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Jamshoro, Dadu, Khairpur, Tharparker, and Umerkot.
In the districts of Shaheed Benazirabad, Naushahro Feroze, Sanghar, Matiari, Mirpur Khas, Tando Muhammad Khan, and Tando Allahyar, the temperature is predicted to drop to 3°C to 5°C, while it will be 6°C to 8°C in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Sujawal, and Badin.
A westerly wave is hitting the top sections of the country, according to the Met Office’s daily weather forecast, and is expected to stay over those areas for the next few days.
In the majority of the country’s plains, cold and dry weather is anticipated. However, the Met department predicted rain-thunderstorms with snow covering the peaks in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, and Gilgit Baltistan.
“Cold and dry weather is expected in most plain areas of the country. However, light rain(light snow over hills) is expected at a few places in upper KP, Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan,” the Met Office said for Monday’s forecast.
In the last 24 hours, there have been sporadic occurrences of rain (snow over hills) in KP, Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, Islamabad, and Punjab. Everywhere else in the nation, it was cold.
Some cities also saw rainfall including Malam Jabba with 22mm, Dir (Lower 14mm and Upper 8mm), Saidu Sharif, Buner 12mm, Parachinar 06mm, Kakul, Pattan 03mm, Balakot, Kalam 02mm.
Malam Jabba recorded snowfall of 11 inches, Parachinar 3.5 inches, Rawalakot 3 inches, Murree 2.5 inches, Gupis, Dir (Upper), Kalam 1 inch, Astore Trace.
The minimum temperature recorded today was in Leh -13°C, Ziarat -11°C, Kalat, Gupis -8°C, Astore, Kalam -7°C, Hunza -6°C, Malam Jabba, Skardu -5°C, Bagrote, Murree, Quetta, Zhob -4°C, Dalbandin and Parachinar -3°C.
