Fresh rain spell in Sindh, Balochistan from Thursday: Met Office

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Met Office has forecast fresh spell of rainfall in most districts of Sindh and Balochistan from coming Thursday to Saturday, ARY News reported on Tuesday.

The new wet spell will bring the first rainfall of winter in Karachi and other parts of Sindh province.

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has informed that a slow moving deep westerly wave is present along northwest Balochistan and likely to affect most central and southern parts of the country from Wednesday to Saturday.

Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfaraz has said that a westerly wave will enter in Balochistan from Iran tonight and predicted light rainfall in Karachi on the night between November 14 and 15. The rainy spell will likely to continue till November 16, which will plunge mercury further down to a colder weather in the city.

Scattered rain or wind-thunderstorm is expected in Southern Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir during Thursday night to Saturday morning, according to the weather forecast.

Isolated rain-thunderstorm is also expected in capital city Islamabad, upper Punjab, Lower Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during Thursday night to Saturday morning.

According to the forecast isolated dust storm or hailstorm may occur during the period while snowfall over the mountains.