Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most plain areas of the country, while very cold/partly cloudy in northern parts during the next twenty-four hours. However, light to moderate rain with wind and thunderstorm with snowfall over mountains is likely in southwestern Balochistan.
Dense fog and smog is likely to persist in plain areas of Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and upper Sindh. Frost is likely to occur at few places in Pothohar region and Kashmir during morning hours. Temperature of major cities recorded this morning:
Islamabad Muzaffarabad three degree centigrade, Lahore six, Karachi fifteen, Peshawar four, Quetta zero, Gilgit minus three and Murree one degree centigrade. According to weather forecast for Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, very cold and dry weather is expected in Srinagar, Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian and Baramula while very cold and partly cloudy in Leh. However, cold and dense fog is expected in Jammu.
Temperature recorded. Srinagar, Pulwama and Anantnag minus-three degree centigrade, Jammu seven, Leh minus-eight, Shopian and Baramula minus-two degree centigrade.—INP
