Weather likely to remain dry, cold in most parts of country: PMD

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has said mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country on Monday.

Karachi will experience dry weather with cool night incoming 24 hours. The humidity will remain between 40-50 % in the morning and 25-35 % in the evening.

The wind direction in the metropolis will remain northeasterly becoming westerly or southwesterly, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department.

PMD weather report stated Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan are expected to receive rain and snowfall on mountains from this evening or night.

In Balochistan, cloudy weather with rainfall and snowfall at mountains is expected in Quetta, Zhob, Ziarat, Qilla Saifullah, Qilla Abdullah, Loralai, Nushki, Chaman, Kalat, Barkhan, Khuzdar, Gwadar, Kech and Panjgur.

While the weather will remain in cool and dry in all districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on day time, while cloudy weather in evening or night with expected rainfall and snowfall on hills in Dera Ismail Khan, Kohat, Bannu, Karak, Lakki Marwat, Tank, North and South Waziristan and Chitral.

The minimum temperature in Karachi recorded 12 degrees Celsius on Monday, while maximum temperature is expected to remain between 25 – 27 ºCelsius, the met office said.

Today’s lowest minimum temperature recorded at Skardu -21°Celsius, Astore -14°C, Kalam -12°C, Gupis and Bagrote -10°C, Parachinar -09° Celsius, Kalam -08° Hunza -07°C, Gilgit, Dir -04° Celsius, Kalat, Malamjabba -03°Celsius.