LAHOREHeavy rain is likely to hit the provincial metropolis on Friday (today) with cold and cloudy weather dominating the entire weekend. A westerly wave is affecting upper parts of the country. Another strong western disturbance is expected to approach Pakistan from Friday evening/night and would prevail over central and upper
By our correspondents
March 06, 2015
LAHORE Heavy rain is likely to hit the provincial metropolis on Friday (today) with cold and cloudy weather dominating the entire weekend. A westerly wave is affecting upper parts of the country. Another strong western disturbance is expected to approach Pakistan from Friday evening/night and would prevail over central and upper parts of the country till Monday. Isolated heavy falls may occur in Northeast Balochistan (Quetta, Kalat, Zhob divisions) from Saturday to Monday morning. Isolated heavy falls are also expected in Islamabad, Upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sahiwal divisions), KP (Malakand, Hazara, DI Khan divisions) and Kashmir on Sunday/Monday. Rain may be accompanied by isolated hailstorm in subordinate areas of the country during the period. The city received 3 mm of rain on Thursday as sporadic drizzles punctuated the entire day. The maximum temperature in the city was 18 degrees Celsius while the minimum was 11. The minimum across the country was 6 at Astore. Dir 28, Sargodha 24, Parachinar, Noorpur Thal, Lower dir 23, Malam Jabba 22, DI khan 18, Islamabad (Saidpur 17, Z.P 07, Golra 08), MB Din, Saidu Sharif 16, Jhang, Kalam 15, Peshawar(city 13, AP 08), Bahawalpur, Pattan 13, Mirkhani, Cherat 12, Bhakkar, Gujrat, Chakwal, Kotli 11, TT Singh, Sialkot 10, Joharabad, Kohat, Garhi Dupatta 09, Rawalpindi (Shamsabad 07, Bokra 07, Chaklala 08), Jhelum, Drosh 08, Zhob, Bahawalnagar, Rawalakot 07, RY Khan, Gujranwala, Okara 06. Snowfall (inch): Kalam 07, Malam Jabba 06, Dir 05.
