LAHORE – The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted the prevailing cold wave and foggy weather to persist in Lahore and parts of Pakistan during the next two days.

As per the synoptic situation, continental air prevails over most parts of Pakistan.

Under these conditions, mainly cold and dry weather is expected in Lahore and most parts of Pakistan on Monday night, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Freezing and partly cloudy weather is likely in northern areas of Pakistan.

Partly cloudy weather with rains and snowfall over mountains is expected at isolated places of Gilgit-Baltistan.

Dense fog/smog will persist in Punjab (Bahawalpur, Sahiwal, Okara, Kasur, Lahore, Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, Jhelum, Mangla, Faisalabad, Jhang, Sargodha, Mandi Bahauddin, Toba Tek Singh, Khanewal, Multan, Khanpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Hafizabad, Bhakkar, Layyah, Dera Ghazi Khan and surroundings), plains of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and upper Sindh.

Dense fog/smog may force the closure of Motorways and disrupt traffic on the National Highway.

Day temperatures are likely to remain below normal in most parts of Punjab due to dense fog.

Lahore’s minimum temperature will likely remain between 02-04 degrees Celsius on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Meanwhile, cold wave and fog/smog prevailed in Lahore and plains of Pakistan during the last 24 hours.

Leh remained the coldest place in the country where mercury dropped 08 C below freezing.

In Lahore, the minimum temperature was recorded at 04 C.

Relative humidity during the evening was recorded at 80 per cent.

Fog update for Motorways, National Highway

Dense fog/smog forced the closure of Motorways (Peshawar-Swabi, Swabi-Islamabad, Islamabad-Kallar Kahar, Kallar Kahar-Pindi Bhattian, Pindi Bhattian-Lahore, Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad, Lahore-Abdul Hakim, Sialkot-Lahore, Faisalabad-Multan, Multan-Sukkur and Mianwali-Dera Ismail Khan).

Dense fog/smog also disrupted traffic on other inter and intra city roads including the National Highway.