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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
LAHORE
THE cold Siberian front literally sent chill down the Lahorites’ spines on Tuesday with minimum all time low 2.2 degrees Celsius.
A fraction saved the record which was registered on January 8, 2006. It was 2.2 degrees Celsius then too. These westerly dries have swooped from northwest of the Central Asian Republics, bringing ‘cold’ wishes from frozen Russia.
The minimum is expected to give it another try on the night falling between Tuesday and Wednesday. Perhaps, Lahore may have a new record low on Wednesday, January 23. The Lahorites will have to wait for another twelve hours or so with their fingers crossed and teeth tattering.
It seems every drop of water has been swiped away from the region with no shred of cloud obstructing the satellite’s view right from the shores of the Caspian Sea to the Bay of Bengal. More of the same weather is expected for the next 24 hours in case no local system surfaces over northern parts of Pakistan. The usual sources of the low westerly systems were dry on Tuesday.
The extreme cold weather was a fun for the affluent class alone. For the less privilege, the weather had just one message ‘just chill’ in the chill. With long hours of load-shedding, the people sought refuge in beds. Outdoors, the Lahorites burnt whatever they got hold of to keep warm. The city lacked the usual hustle and bustle. The long weekend may have also contributed.
The maximum temperature in Lahore was 16.3 degrees Celsius. The moisture in the air dipped down to 29 per cent in the evening from 82 per cent in the morning. This dryness looks ominous for Lahorites, as it has an inherent message of `no immediate’ change in the weather.
The lowest temperature was recorded in Kalam 17.0 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature recorded in Islamabad was 13 degrees Celsius while the minimum was 2.0. Similarly, D G Khan had 13 and 2.0, Jhelum 15.5 and 0.0, Bahawalpur 18.5 and 2.2, Khanpur 18.3 and 5.3, Sialkot 14.8 and minus 0. 1, Multan 17.5 and minus 0.5, Okara 17 and 1.0, Murree 0.0 and 7.5, Faisalabad 13.5 and 1.0, Bahawalpur 17.2 and 2.5, Mianwali 15.5 and 3.0, R Y Khan 19 and 4.2, Karachi 25 and 8, Hyderabad 21 and 8.6, Malam Jabba 3 and 12, Kalam 1.5 and 17, Peshawar 14.0 and 1.0, Chitral 2.8 and 5.5, Muzaffarabad 13 and 0.8, Skardu 1.2 and 10.2, Kotli 12.7 and 1.1, Astore 2.5 and 12, Gupis 0.0 and 10.5 C and Hunza-2 and 12.
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