Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted the dust-thunderstorm rain-rain with lightning in isolated locations across Karachi today, as unstable weather patterns continue to affect southern Pakistan.
According to the advisory, partially cloudy weather with dust/thunderstorm rain is probably in isolated places in Mithi, Umerkot, Badin, Thatta, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Shaheed Benazirabad, Khairpur, Dadu, Sukkur, Ghotki, Jacobabad, Shikarpur and Surrounding Areas.
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These scattered events are expected to develop on Monday night and continue into Tuesday, driven by moist streams coming in from the Arabian Sea and a western wave present over central Pakistan.
Monday’s maximum temperature in Karachi is expected to hover around 37-39 ° C, with humidity reaching 73%.
Spokesman for the meteorological department, Anjum Nazir Zaigham, declared that the day began with hot and humid conditions, and the temperature has already surpassed 36 ° C.
The maximum temperature in Karachi today is expected to reach 39 ° C.
According to the spokesman, mild to moderate rain is accompanied by thunder probably on the outskirts of Karachi from afternoon to evening. Dusty winds can also blow during the precipitation and further destabilize the weather.
Anjum Nazir Zaigham added that tomorrow can be formed with rain -bearing clouds near the suburbs Karachi and rainfall in Jamshoro, Thatatta and Sujawal.
Maximum day temperatures remain high across most cities where interior districts such as Dadu and Jacobabad are expected to exceed 44 ° C. The combination of heat, humidity and storm activity can lead to short but intense gusts, rainfall and lightning in the affected areas.
Hot and dry weather won over most parts of the country on Sunday with very hot conditions in the plains. However, isolated dust-tithome weather rain in scattered places in central and southern Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Precipitation was registered at Bahawalnagar (8 mm), Sahiwal (3 mm) and Toba Tek Singh (2 mm) in Punjab, while in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, dera Ismail Khan Airport reported 4 mm, lower dir 2 mm and Malam Jabba and Kalam 1 mm each.
The highest maximum temperatures registered yesterday included 48 ° C in Noorpur Thal and Turn Cat, 46 ° C in Jhelum and Bhakkar and 45 ° C in Johaarabad, Jacobabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Mangla and Sibbi.
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MET Office has warned that wind storms could damage the infrastructure, especially electric poles, trees, vehicles and solar panels. Residents of low -lying or open areas are advised to remain attentive, secure property and avoid unnecessary travel under storm activity.
The weather is expected to clear before Wednesday with a return to hot and dry conditions in most of Sindh.
