The Meteorological Department has forecast that the vast plain areas of the country will remain in the grip of smog and dense fog, while mountainous areas will experience severe cold, creating difficult conditions in the morning and night hours.
According to the department’s forecast on Monday, the weather is expected to remain generally cold and partly cloudy in most parts of the country. However, a severe cold alert has been issued for the northern upper areas, especially during the night and morning hours.
The forecast also indicates a possibility of rain, under which rain and light snowfall on the mountains may occur at a few places in Gilgit-Baltistan, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, and northwestern Balochistan.
Authorities have warned that smog and dense fog may prevail in the plain areas of upper Sindh, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to the temperatures recorded in major urban centers this morning, Karachi was the warmest at eighteen degrees Celsius. Lahore recorded twelve, while Peshawar recorded nine degrees. The federal capital Islamabad and Muzaffarabad both had a temperature of seven degrees Celsius. Quetta and Gilgit were cold at six degrees, while the temperature in Murree dropped to two degrees Celsius.
In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the meteorological department has forecast very cold and cloudy weather in Leh. Similar cold and cloudy weather is expected in Srinagar, Jammu, Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian, and Baramulla.
According to the temperatures in the region this morning, the temperature in Leh dropped to minus seven degrees Celsius. Srinagar and Anantnag both recorded one degree, while Jammu recorded nine degrees. In Pulwama, Shopian, and Baramulla, the mercury remained at freezing point, i.e., zero degrees Celsius.