Eastern Sindh to receive rainfall from Sept 16: Met Office

KARACHI: Met Office on Thursday forecast rainfall in eastern Sindh districts from September 16 as moderate monsoon currents are likely to penetrate in the area, ARY News reported.

Under the influence of this weather system, dust-thunderstorm and rain likely to lash Tharparker, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Khairpur, Badin, Sujawal, Thatta and Jamshoro districts from September 16 to 18, Met Office forecast.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted rain with wind or thunderstorm from 15th to 20th Sept.

Met Office informed that moderate monsoon currents from Bay of Bengal are likely to penetrate in upper parts of the country from September 15th. A westerly wave is also likely to enter in these areas on 16th September.

Rain with wind-thunderstorm is expected in Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, Murree, Galliyat, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Chitral, Dir, Swat, Shangla, Buner, Abbottabad, Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi and Nowshera from 15th to 20th September with occasional gaps.

Moderate to heavy falls may increase the water flows in local Nullahs/streams of Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, KP, Galliyat, Murree, Rawalpindi/Islamabad from 17th to 19th September.