Spell of monsoon rains in Karachi predicted from today

KARACHI: A new spell of monsoon rains is expected to bring relief from the current heatwave, with showers forecasted across several districts of Sindh including Karachi starting today (Monday).

In a statement released by the Meteorological Department’s Early Warning Center, it was indicated that a robust system of monsoon winds is expected to enter Sindh. This system is likely to bring moderate to heavy monsoon rains accompanied by thunderstorms in Karachi.

Meanwhile, steady rain is forecast in Karachi from Monday evening until Tuesday evening. The meteorological service predicted that the city could receive 30-50 millimetres, or even up to 10 millimetres, of rain in isolated spells of heavy to moderate showers, which may continue until Thursday (August 1).

The forecast further states that various districts in rural Sindh will also experience thundershowers, continuing until July 31.

RAIN ALSO PREDICTED IN KP, PUNJAB

Rain-wind/thundershower is expected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, upper and central Punjab and Islamabad during the next twelve hours.

Rain-windstorm and thundershowers is also likely in south Punjab, Sindh and northeast and south Balochistan during evening and night.

Heavy falls may also occur in Kashmir, northeast/southern Punjab, Sindh, northeast Balochistan and upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the period.

 National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)  has issued instructions to all relevant departments to take necessary precautions to mitigate the possible effects of flooding and extreme weather as monsoon currents from the Arabian Sea are penetrating the upper parts of the country. 

Under the influence of this system, the disaster management authority added, rainfall may trigger landslides, mudslides or falling boulders potentially disrupting roads during this period in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Galiyat, Murree, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

TEMPERATURES OF MAJOR CITIES RECORDED THIS MORNING:

Islamabad twenty-eight degrees centigrade, Lahore twenty-nine, Karachi thirty-one, Peshawar thirty, Quetta twenty-seven, Gilgit twenty-two, Murree twenty and Muzaffarabad twenty-six degrees centigrade.            

Islamabad schools, colleges extend summer holidays until Aug 4, due to intense ‘hot weather’