LAHORE – The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted the prevailing cold wave and foggy weather to persist in Lahore and plains 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 plains of Pakistan on Wednesday night, Thursday and Friday.
Freezing and partly cloudy weather is expected in northern areas of the country.
Dense fog/smog is likely to 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.
Frost is likely to prevail in Potohar region and Kashmir during morning hours.
Lahore’s minimum temperature will likely remain between 03-05 degrees Celsius on Thursday and Friday.
Meanwhile, cold wave and foggy conditions prevailed in Lahore and plains of the country during the last 24 hours.
Extremely cold weather prevailed in northern areas.
Leh remained the coldest place in the country where mercury dropped 09 C below freezing.
In Lahore, the minimum temperature was recorded at 04 C.
Relative humidity during the evening was recorded at 72 per cent.
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 the National Highway and other inter and intra city roads.
