KARACHI: Karachi is likely to receive light rainfall on Thursday (today), according to the latest weather advisory issued by the Pakistan Meteorological Department.
The city’s temperature would stay between 33 and 35 degrees Celsius, with humidity reaching 70 percent. It added that the speed of winds blowing from the southwest is 12km per hour, the Met Office said.
The dry and hot weather will persist in Sindh, including Karachi, till April 27, during which the mercury is likely to shoot up to 42°C. Weather expert, Jawad Memon, predicted a powerful rain-producing system likely to affect Karachi.
He said thay most parts of the country will likely witness clear skies and dry weather during the next few days. “That is why the plains of Punjab and Sindh will be under the grip of hot weather with as much as 40-44°C.”
He said that the intensity of the weather would reduce after a few days as the rain-producing system could form in the coastal areas on April 27 and 28, which may remain active till May 6 or 7.
#rain -wind/#thunderstorm is expected in the country in coming days with occasional gaps
A westerly wave is likely to enter in the country from 26th April (Evening/night) and likely to spread in central and southern parts of the country and may persist till first week of May. pic.twitter.com/DPS45t6W1w
— Pak Met Department محکمہ موسمیات (@pmdgov) April 26, 2023
Weather update
Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman said that unstable weather systems and sporadic flooding is expected Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Karachi in the upcoming days.
“A special advisory for Balochistan and coastal areas has been issued,” she said in a Tweet adding that “the fisherfolk community needs to be alerted to the possibility of choppy seas and extreme weather, especially off Ormara, Pasni and Gwadar.”
From evening 26 April to 7 May the @pmdgov has forecast rain across the country. Provinces are advised to take precautionary measures including cleaning storm drains, electricity pole stability and road access in the event of local flooding. Especially where repairworks from 2022… pic.twitter.com/lASEsY3604
— SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) April 26, 2023
The climate change minister asked provinces to take precautionary measures, including cleaning storm drains and roads in view of the likely flooding.
Rehman warned that heavy rains might cause flash floods in Mansehra, Abbottabad, Chitral, Dir, Swat, Kohistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir from May 1 to May 4.
