KARACHI: Ongoing cold wave in Karachi and other parts of Sindh will persist till January 26, the Met Office said on Monday.
According to the Met Office’s weather forecast, the minimum temperature may dip to 6 to 8 degrees Celsius in the districts of Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Sujawal, and Badin.
Today’s minimum temperature in Karachi was 8.3 degrees Celsius, with northeastern winds gusting to 10 kilometers per hour.
The minimum temperature in the Sindh districts of Sukkur, Ghotki, Larkana, Qambar-Shahdadkot, Kashmore, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Jamshoro, Dadu, Khairpur, Tharparker, and Umerkot may dip to 2-4 degrees Celsius, Pakistan’s Meteorological Department said.
Temperature may drop to 3-5 degree Celsius in Shaheed Benazirabad, Naushahro Feroze, Sanghar, Matiari, Mirpur Khas, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tando Allah Yar, while 6-8 degree Celsius in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Sujawal and Badin districts, Met Office predicted.
People have been advised to take precautionary measure during the cold wave.
Weather remained cold and dry in entire Pakistan, especially in the plains of Sindh and Punjab, as the cold wave gripped the entire country after a westerly wave caused rains in Balochistan and northern Pakistan and snowfall on the mountains of the country.
