ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecasted thunderstorms and rain with strong winds in different regions of the country.
The weather will remain dry in most parts of the country, while Gilgit-Baltistan, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, and the Pothohar region will experience cloudy skies along with rain and thunderstorms.
The light snowfall is expected at the places of higher altitudes.
Smog is expected to persist in most areas of Punjab, and moderate to dense fog may occur in some plain areas during the morning and night hours.
The cloudy skies are expected with thunderstorms and rain in Islamabad and its surrounding areas.
In most districts of Punjab, the weather is likely to remain dry and there seems no immediate end to smog covering Lahore, Kasur, Okara, Sialkot, Hafizabad, Narowal, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Sheikhupura, Sahiwal, Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, and nearby areas.
Fog is expected during the night in areas like Sheikhupura, Sahiwal, Toba Tek Singh, Faisalabad, Khanewal, Khanpur, Jhang, Bahawalpur, Layyah, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan and surrounding areas.
Thunderstorms and rain are likely at a few locations in Attock, Murree, Galyat, Rawalpindi, Jehlum, Chakwal, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Sialkot, Gujranwala and Lahore.
In most upper districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the sky is expected to remain cloudy, and rain with thunderstorms is expected in Chitral, Dir, Swat, Kohistan, Shangla, Buner, Mansehra, Battagram, Abbottabad, Haripur, Swabi, Malakand, Bajaur, Mardan, Mohmand, Khyber, Kurram, Peshawar, and Kohat. Snowfall is also expected in higher mountainous areas.
In most districts of Sindh and Balochistan, the weather is likely to remain dry while the temperature is expected to be cold in the mountainous areas during the morning and night.
In Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, the cloudy weather with rain and light snowfall on the mountains is also expected.
