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PMD forecasts scattered rain in Karachi amid monsoon season


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The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted scattered drizzle and rain in Karachi on Monday night or evening, as the town stays below the affect of the continuing monsoon season.

The Met Office reported that Karachi’s climate is predicted to remain scorching and humid over the subsequent 24 hours, with temperatures ranging between 34°C and 36°C.

Humidity ranges have reached 78%, whereas winds are blowing at 14 kilometres per hour. The minimal temperature recorded was 28.5°C.

This forecast follows earlier predictions of sunshine to heavy showers in Karachi from Tuesday to Thursday, elevating considerations about potential city flooding.

In anticipation of the heavy downpours, Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab has declared a rain emergency.

The PMD had beforehand warned {that a} new rain system, originating from West Bengal, is more likely to transfer westward, bringing robust monsoon currents to southern Pakistan between August 26 and 29.

Areas in Sindh anticipated to obtain rain embrace Karachi, Hyderabad, Dadu, Thatta, Badin, Sajawal, Shaheed Benazirabad, Jamshoro, Tando Allayar, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tharparkar, Nagarparkar, Mithi, Mirpur Khas, Umarkot, Matiari, Sanghar, Sukkur, Ghotki, Shikarpur, Kashmore, Khairpur, Larkana, Jacobabad, and Naushero Feroze.

The Meteorological Department issued an advisory predicting vital rainfall throughout numerous areas of Pakistan from August 26 to 29 as a monsoon rain-bearing system is about to re-enter the nation.

In Lahore and different components of Punjab, the system is predicted to deliver rain, with the utmost temperature in Lahore more likely to hover round 35 levels Celsius.

The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) issued an alert in anticipation of the rains, though the monsoon system presently stays weak in Punjab.


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