Extreme cold weather that has gripped the country continued to break all previous records on Friday.
Lahore saw temperature falling as low as 4 degrees Celsius on Friday, making it the coldest day of the season.
Relative humidity during the morning was recorded at 100 per cent.
With temperatures dropping by 10 C below freezing, Skardu and Leh continue to be the nation’s coldest locations.
Met Office clarifies snowfall forecast in Punjab plains
ISLAMABAD: Heavy rains, besides snowfall in the northern areas, are expected in the country from the 3rd week of January 2024 under the influence of westerly waves, which may continue till March or even April. “The month of December is going dry without any significant rains in Pakistan for the last 22 years, which is also contributing to formation of smog in the plains of Punjab. Smog is now extending to the areas of Sindh while Islamabad has started witnessing fog due to absence of rain in the first week of January 2024,” Director General PMD Mahr Sahibzad Khan told
In the plains of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and upper Sindh, dense fog or haze was prevalent.
Strong fog or smog caused the National Highway and other inter- and intra-city highways to close, and it also caused traffic disruptions on motorways.
