Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Motorway M-1 has been closed from Peshawar to Burhan for traffic due to fog, as per Motorway Police.
Motorway police instructions
Motorway police have requested that the public avoid unnecessary travel in foggy weather, to use fog lights in vehicles. People are advised to keep a middle distance between the vehicles more than in normal conditions. Before starting the journey, help can be taken from helpline 130.
Today’s weather
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (MET) has forecast cold and dry weather in most parts of the country, while very cold in northern areas and north Balochistan during the next 24 hours.
Foggy condition
Dense foggy conditions will likely prevail over plain areas of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and upper Sindh during morning and night hours. Frost is likely to occur at isolated places in the Pothohar region during morning hours.
As per the synoptic situation, continental air prevails over most parts of the country.
Air quality
The air quality in Lahore is 196 US AQI; in Bahawalpur, it is 295, 159 in Muridke, 176 in Rawalpindi, and 160 in Sialkot. In Sindh, the air quality in Karachi is 197 US AQI, while Islamabad’s air quality stands at 114. In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, air quality is 283 in Peshawar and 104 in Abbottabad.
Recorded temperatures
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (Met), a maximum of 4 degrees Celsius (°C) temperature was recorded in Islamabad, 7°C in Lahore, 17°C in Karachi, 5°C in Peshawar, and -1.5°C in Quetta and -3.5°C in Gilgit.
Minimum recorded temperatures
Today’s Recorded Lowest Minimum Temperatures (°C): Leh -10, Skardu -09, Ziarat, Gupis -06, Gilgit, Astore -05, Hunza, Kalat -04, Kalam & Bagrote -03.
