Met Office forecast rain in Karachi, other areas from this evening

KARACHI: Met Office has forecast rainfall with thunderstorm in Karachi from this evening under the influence of a westerly wave, ARY News reported on Wednesday.

Met Office had earlier predicted entry of another strong westerly wave in western parts of the country on 16th April night, which likely to grip most parts of Balochistan on 17th April (today) and will extend to upper parts of the country on 18th April.

The weather department has forecast rain with wind/thunderstorm in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Jacobabad, Kashmore, Larkana, Dadu, Qambar Shahdad Kot, Jamshoro and Sanghar districts of Sindh from 17th (night) to 19th April.

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast widespread rainfall with wind/thunderstorm in Balochistan’s Gwadar, Kech, Awaran, Chagai, Kharan, Awaran, Lasbella, Khuzdar, Kalat, Nushki, Mastung and other districts from 16th to 19th April.

The weather system will also bring rainfall in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab districts from 17th to 21st April and in Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir from 18th to 22nd April.

Weather pundits calling strong pre-monsoon currents and heavy rainfall across the country in April as unprecedented and a clear indication of the climate change that is drastically altering the schedule of rainfall and weather in this region of the world.