Wet spell coming in 24 hours

Islamabad: First rainfall of the New Year is likely to hit isolated places of upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and FATA, North Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir during next 24 hours while dense fog is expected in plain areas of Punjab and Upper Sindh.

Rain-thunderstorm with snow fall over the hills is expected at isolated places in Malakand, Hazara, Rawalpindi divisions, upper FATA, Islamabad, whereas in north Balochistan at Zhob, Quetta divisions, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir during this time span.

Dense foggy conditions are likely to prevail over plain areas of Punjab and upper Sindh during night and morning hours however, cold and dry weather to grip other parts of the country, an official of Met office said on Wednesday.

Continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country. However, a shallow westerly wave is likely to approach north-western parts of the country on Thursday, he told APP. In last 24 hours weather remained cold and dry in most parts of the country.

Minimum temperatures recorded in Skardu -10, Astore -9°C, Gilgit, Hunza -7°C, Quetta, Gupis -8°C, Kalam, Bagrote, Ziarat, Dir -5°C, Lower Dir, Parachinar, Rawalakot, Bunji, Drosh-2°C, Risalpur, Mirkhani, Pattan, Dalbandin -1°C, Murree 0°C, Islamabad 1 °C, Peshawar 2 °C, Chitral 3°C, Lahore, Faisaabad 4°C, Multan, Muzaffarabad 5°C, Hyderbad 9°C and Karachi 10°C.