Karachi to receive more rainfall today: Met Office

KARACHI: The Met Office has forecast more rainfall in Karachi on Thursday (today) under the influence of the monsoon weather system hovering over the city.

The wind direction has changed in the city as the winds blowing from northeast today with four kilometers per hour speed.

Various localities of the metropolis likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall, according to the weather report. “The rain-bearing system is expected to bring rainfall with intervals until August 22”.

According to the rain figures of Wednesday shared by the Met Office, Karachi’s Orangi Town received maximum 113mm rainfall on Wednesday.

Shara-e-Faisal received 43mm rain, Keamari 31mm, Korangi 35.6mm, University Road and PAF Masroor Base 24mm each, Defence Phase-V 20mm and Saadi Town received 15.9mm rainfall.

Gulshan-e-Maymar received minimum 6.8mm rainfall in the city.

The Met Office earlier forecast widespread rain with scattered heavy falls at times very heavy falls in Karachi, Mithi, Thar parker, Umer Kot, Mirpur Khas, Hyderabad, Shaheed Benazir Abad, Thatta, Badin, Sajawal, Tando Allahyar, Tando Muhammad Khan, Sanghar, Jamshoro, while at scattered places in Sukkur, Larkana, Khairpur and Jacobabad from 19th to 22nd August with occasional gaps.

Rain with scattered heavy falls also expected in Baluchistan’s Barkhan, Musakhel, Loralai, Sibbi, Zhob, Qila Saifullah, Khuzdar, Lasbella, Awaran, Kech, Gwadar and Panjgur from 19th to 22nd August.