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Widespread rains together with windstorms are prone to hit most components of the nation through the subsequent 24 hours, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) mentioned on Thursday.
In a press release, the Met Office mentioned heavy rainfall is probably going in Sindh, northeast/south Balochistan, northeast/central Punjab, Potohar area, Islamabad, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Kashmir through the mentioned interval.
As per synoptic state of affairs, deep despair was current over Rann of Kutch, India and lies at a distance of 270km east/southeast of Karachi, and prone to intensify right into a Cyclonic storm throughout subsequent 24 hours.
A westerly wave was additionally affecting higher components of the nation.
“Widespread rain/wind-thunderstorms with scattered heavy-very heavy to remoted extraordinarily heavy falls probably in Tharparker, Badin, Thatta, Sajawal, Hyderabad, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tando Allah Yar, Matiari, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Jamshoro, Dadu and Shaheed Benazirabad districts and Karachi division until August 31 with occasional gaps,” it added.
The PMD additionally warned that torrential rains could generate pluvial flood/inundation in low mendacity areas of Sindh, Balochistan and southern Punjab until August 31.
Torrential rains could generate flash flooding in hill torrents of Dera Ghazi Khan and native nullahs/streams of Karachi, Hyderabad, Dadu, Kalat, Khuzdar, Jaffarabad, Sibbi, Naseerabad, Barkhan, Loralai, Awaran, Panjgur, Washuk, Mastung and Lasbela.
Heavy rains could set off landslides in Murree, Galliyat, Mansehra, Kohistan, Chitral, Dir, Swat, Shangla, Buner, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Heavy downpour might also trigger city flooding in low mendacity areas of Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Multan, Sahiwal, Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Nowshera, Swabi and Peshawar.
During the final 24 hours, rain-wind/thundershower with remoted heavyfall occurred in Sindh, higher Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Punjab, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and northeast Balochistan.
The highest most temperatures recorded had been Sibbi 43C, Dalbandin and Turbat 41C.
Cyclonic storm — Asna
Earlier within the day, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) warned {that a} extreme low strain system over the Arabian Sea is prone to remodel right into a cyclonic storm within the subsequent 24 hours.
PMD’s Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfaraz indicated that if the low-pressure system does develop right into a cyclonic storm, it is going to be named “Asna”, which suggests “highest” and “brighter”.
A cyclonic storm through the monsoon season may be very uncommon, Sarfaraz mentioned, noting that that is the primary time since 1961 that such a climate system is directed in the direction of Sindh’s coastal belt from Central India.
“During monsoon, there’s roughly 1% or 2% probability for a despair or low strain to show right into a cyclonic storm or tropical cyclone.” meteorologist Anjum Nazir advised Geo News.
