Rain-thunderstorm Expected In Most Parts, Fog Likely In Plain Areas 22 Jan 2019

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Rain-thunderstorm expected in most parts, fog  likely in plain areas 22 Jan 2019

Met office has forecast more scattered rain in Malakand, Hazara divisions, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, while at isolated places in Mardan, Peshawar, Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi divisions and Islamabad during next 24 hours with snowfall in hilly areas

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Jan, 2019 ) :Met office has forecast more scattered rain in Malakand, Hazara divisions, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, while at isolated places in Mardan, Peshawar, Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi divisions and Islamabad during next 24 hours with snowfall in hilly areas.

Foggy conditions are also likely to grip plain areas of Punjab during morning hours during this time span.

Snowfall over hills is also expected in Malakand division (Swat, Chitral, Kalam, Malamjabba and upper Dir), Hazara division, Murree, Galliyat, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan during the period.

According to the synoptic situations a westerly wave is still affecting northern parts of the country and likely to weak from Wednesday.

In last 24 hours rain-thunderstorm (with snowfall over the hills) occurred at a number of places in the country.

Rainfall recorded during this time duration was Punjab: Islamabad (Golra 82mm, Saidpur 70mm, IIAP 69mm, Bokra 64mm, Z.P 62mm), Rawalpindi (Shamsabad 58mm, Chaklala 52mm), Sialkot (City 36mm, A/P 28mm), Murree 32mm, Mangla 25mm, Gujranwala 23mm, Narowal, Kamra 20mm, Chakwal 19mm, M.

B din 16mm, Lahore (A/P 12mm, City 11mm), Jhelum, Gujrat, Sahiwal 12mm, Hafizabad 10mm, Sargodha (City 09mm, A/P 07mm), Joharabad, Okara 08mm, Kasur 06mm, T.T Singh, Bahawalnagar 03mm, Jhang, Khanewal 01mm, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Malamjabba 47mm, Balakot 33mm, Kalam 32mm, Pattan 27mm, Kakul 26mm, Dir (Lower 13mm, upper 12mm),Saidu Sharif 07mm, Mirkhani, Rislapur 05mm, Chitral, Drosh 03mm, Kashmir: Rawalakot 44mm, Muzaffarabad 42mm, Kotli 31mm, Garidupatta 21mm, Sindh: Karachi(Shahrah e Faisal 09mm, PAF Masroor 05mm, Palwan Ghoth, Nazimabad, A/P 04mm), Chhor 02mm, Tandojam 01mm, GB: Bunji 09mm, Skardu 03mm, Hunza, Bagrote 02mm, Gilgit, Chillas 01mm while snowfall remained Malamjabba 19 inch, Kalam 16 inch, Murree 08 inch, Astore 05 inch, Bagrote and Hunza 01 inch.

Lowest temperatures recorded on Tuesday were Kalat -09C, Bagrote -06 C, Quetta, Gupis -05C, Skardu, Kalam -04 C, Murree, Malamjabba, Dalbandin -03C, Zhob, Hunza, Drosh, Rawalakot,Parachinar -02C, Nukkundi, Mirkhani , Astore, Chillas, and Panjgur -01C,Islamabad 08C, Peshawar08C and Lahore 09C.