Cold vanishes from Karachi despite rain

Different parts of Karachi received light rain in the wee hours of Friday, however despite showers cold weather has vanished from the port city.

This morning, various parts of the bustling metropolis experienced light showers. The areas receiving the downpour are II Chundrigar Road, Shahra-e-Faisal, Old City Area, MA Jinnah Road, Saddar, Landhi, Korangi, and neighboring localities.

The showers extended their embrace to Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Gulistan-e-Jauhar. 

Different areas of the city, including Super Highway, Nooriabad, Kathor, and their surroundings earlier received showers on Tuesday, as well.

Earlier it was predicted that due to rain in the city and snowfall in parts of Balochistan the port city would experience a cold wave but mysteriously the cold has vanished from the city after the rain.  

Meanwhile, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) earlier warned that snowfall over the upper parts of the country may affect transportation today so the tourists and locals of hilly areas were advised to be cautious.

Met officials said a westerly wave was affecting western and upper parts of the country and was likely to persist during the next few days.

They predicted that cloudy weather with rain (snowfall over the mountain) was expected in Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Potohar region, Upper Punjab, and Kashmir while heavy rainfall/snowfall was likely at isolated places in Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Murree, Galiyat and upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa during the period.

They added fog was likely at few places in Punjab and upper Sindh.

Rainfall was recorded at several cities, including Muzaffarabad, Rawalakot, Garhi Dupatta, Kotli, Rawalpindi, Murree, Islamabad, Mangla, Gujranwala, Jhelum, Sialkot, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Chakwal, Narowal, Hafizabad, Khanpur, Sheikhupura, Attock, Joharabad, Dir, Kakul, Patan, Parachinar, Balakot, Charat, Drosh, Bacha Khan, Mir Khani, Chitral, Kalam, Peshawar, Saidu Sharif, Thatta, and Ormara while snowfall was witnessed at Murree.

Wednesday’s minimum temperature was recorded at Leh where the mercury dropped to -07°C while in Lahore it was 9.3°C and the maximum was 22°C.