LAHORE, Dec 30: The persisting westerly wave on Thursday generated scattered rain in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, and Kashmir and season’s first snowfall in Gilgit-Baltistan and Galliyat including Murree.
The cloud cover improved the minimum temperature last night to some degrees in major cities in the country. But, rain and snowfall during the day dropped the maximum temperatures, making it the coldest day of the season.
Around 6-inch snowfall was recorded in Murree and Galliyat, including Nathiagali. The Met department expected more snowfall there during Thursday night.
Snowfall was also reported from Malamjabba, Kalam, Miandam, and Lipa and Neelam Valleys in Azad Kashmir.
Islamabad and Sialkot received heavy rain which was 50mm and 42mm at their airports, respectively.
According to the Met department, the spell of rain and snowfall started weaken ing on Thursday evening. But, there were chances of some more rain and snowfall at a few places of Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir and adjoining areas, and in Northeast Punjab, including Lahore, in the next 24 hours. Foggy conditions are expected over the plains of Punjab.
The Met office said a cold wave following the westerly system would enter Pakistan by Friday evening. It was likely to grip most parts of the country, especially Sindh (Karachi) and Balochistan (Quetta) in the next three days, increasing the intensity of the winter.
Meanwhile, the overnight intermittent rain continued in Lahore and several other cities on Thursday. The Lahore Met office recorded 15mm of rain at its Jail Road Office observatory and 13mm at the airport.
In Lahore, the minimum temperature last night arose from Wednesday night’s 2.6 degrees Celsius to 4 degrees Celsius. But, the maximum temperature during the day dropped from Wednesday’s 21 degrees to 13 degrees Celsius.
The little difference between the maximum and minimum temperatures and the intermittent light rain made Thursday the coldest day of the season. And the Met office reported similar weather conditions elsewhere in the province.
The local Met office reported that Kotli and Rawalakot received 27mm of rain, Sialkot city 22mm, Kakul and Garhi Dupatta 21mm (each), Islamabad (Zeropoint) 20mm, Murree 18mm, Muzaffarabad 17mm, Risalpur 16mm, Jhelum 15mm, Mangla 14mm, Balakot 12mm, Peshawar (airport 10mm and city 9mm), Kohat 8mm, Bahawalnagar 5mm, Parachinar 4mm, Saidu Sharif 2mm, Drosh, Gilgit, Malamjaba, Faisalabad, Okara, Bannu, Sahiwal and Shorkot 1mm (each), Bahawalpur city, Khanpur, Mainwali, Multan, Sargodha, Toba Tek Singh, Chitral, Chilas, Mandi Bahauddin, Hunza and Skardu traces of rain.
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