KARACHI: Met office informed on Sunday that heavy rains may generate urban flooding in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Dadu, Shaheed Benazirabad, Jamshoro Sukkur, Larkana and Jacobabad. Possibility of flash flooding in local nullah and hill torrents of Dera Ghazi Khan and Balochistan.
Synoptic Situation
The Depression (Intense Low-Pressure Area) over Northeast Arabian Sea and adjoin Gulf of Kutch has slowly moved northwestward with a speed of 5 km/hr during last 18 hours and now lies centred around Latitude 22.8°N and Longitude 68.5°E, at a distance of about 270km southeast of Karachi and 220km from Thatta. Maximum sustained surface wind is 50-55 km/hour around the system centre. The system is likely to keep moving northwestward for some time and then recurve to westwards (towards Oman coast).
Sunday weather
More widespread rain-wind/thundershower (with scattered heavy falls) is expected in Sindh, Balochistan and south Punjab, while isolated rain-wind/thundershower is likely in northeastern/central Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Monday weather
More scattered rain-wind/thundershower (with isolated heavy falls) is expected in Sindh and Balochistan, while isolated rain-wind/thundershower is likely in northeast/southern Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir.
Past 24 Hour Weather
Rain-wind/thundershower occurred in Punjab, Sindh, Eastern and Southern Balochistan, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Hot and humid weather prevailed in other parts of the country. Rainfall (mm):Punjab: Bahawalnagar 39, Gujranwala 31, Okara 25, Kasur 24, Khanewal 21, Joharabad, Sahiwal 16, Hafizabad 12, Multan (City 12, Airport 08), Sialkot (City 09, Airport 02), Lahore (Johar Town 07, Lakshmi Chowk 03, Chowk Nakhuda, Iqbal Town, Samanabad, Airport, Mughalpura, Tajpura 02, City, Gulberg, Upper Mall, Gulshan-e-Ravi 01), Sargodha, Kot Addu 06, Murree 05, Jhang 04, Toba Tek Singh 02, Sindh: Shaheed Benazirabad 17, Karachi (Gulshan-e-Hadid 09, Orangi 03, Quaidabad 02, Nazimabad, Masroor Base 01), Padidan 09, Hyderabad 08, Sakrand 07, Tandojam 04, Mirpurkhas 02, Balochistan: Gwadar 09, Loralai 07, Khuzdar 02, Lasbella 01, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Kakul 03, Kashmir: Garhidupatta 03, Gilgit-Baltistan: Gupis 02 and Skardu 01.
rnYesterday’s Highest Temperature’s (°C): Nokkundi 43, Dalbandin 42, Bhakkar and D.I. Khan 41.