ISLAMABAD, Aug 09 (APP): Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast rain-windstorm/thundershower with isolated heavy falls for Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northeast Punjab, Potohar region and Islamabad during the next 24 hours.
Rain-windstorm/thundershower is likely at isolated places in Gilgit-Baltistan, South/Central Punjab, Northeast/South Baluchistan and Southeast/Upper Sindh. According to the synoptic situation, monsoon currents from Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal are penetrating upper parts of the country at lower tropospheric levels and likely to penetrate in central parts from Saturday.
A westerly wave was affecting upper parts of the country. The PMD has warned that heavy rains may generate flash flooding in local nullahs/streams of Murree, Galliyat, Islamabad/ Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Narowal, Jhelum, Gujarat, Gujranwala, Mandi Bahauddin, Lahore, Hafizabad, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Kohistan, Dir, Swat, Shangla, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi, Kohat, Karak and Kashmir till August 11.
Heavy downpour may cause urban flooding in low lying areas of Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Mandi Bahauddin, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Sialkot, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Mardan, Nowshera and Peshawar.
Landslides may cause road closure at the vulnerable hilly areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Murree, Galliyat, Kashmir and
Gilgit-Baltistan during the forecast period. During the last 24 hours, rain-wind/thundershower occurred at isolated places in North Balochistan, Punjab, Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Southeast Sindh. Hot and humid weather prevailed over other parts of the country.
The rainfall recorded was Balochistan: Barkhan 35mm, Khuzdar 18, Kalat 11, Panjgur 02, Quetta (Sheikh Manda) 01, Punjab: Sahiwal 35, Faisalabad 21, Toba Tek Singh 20, Narowal 19, Multan (City 09, A/P 08), Bahawalnagar 04, Okara 03, Sheikhupura 02, Mangala 01, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Kakul 11, Malam Jabba 08, and Sindh: Mithi 07mm. The highest maximum temperatures recorded were Nokkundi 46C, Chilas and Dalbandin 44C.
