ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted that amoderate westerly wave is likely to enter in the western parts of thecountry from Sunday and likely to impact the central and upper parts of thecountry on Monday.
Temperatures are likely to drop by two-to-three degrees in the central andupper parts of the country. There has been a sudden rise in the temperatureand insufficient rainfall in much of the country has sparked water woes anddiscomfort.
According to the Meteorological office, the sporadic thundershowers withstormy winds are expected at scattered places in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa,Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), northern Punjab, Islamabad,Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) from Sunday to Tuesday. The system maypersist over Malakand division, G-B and Kashmir until Wednesday.
Moreover, the rain is also expected at isolated places in NortheastBalochistan, and central and southern Punjab from Sunday to Tuesday.Showers are also expected in upper Sindh which includes Sukkur and Larkanadivisions on Sunday or Monday. Dust storm or hailstorm is also expected inplain areas of Punjab, K-P and upper Sindh during the period.
Indus River System Authority (IRSA) spokesman Khalid Rana told The ExpressTribune it is expected that there will be a good amount of rainfall in thecatchment area from Sunday onwards. “Therefore it is expected that theseshowers will help to increase the water level in Mangla Dam and TarbelaDam, which are both currently at dead level,” he said.