KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: The different areas of the country received heavy-to-moderate but scattered rain on Sunday while the Pakistan Meteorological Department predicted thundershowers for most parts of the Sindh province, including Karachi, during the next 24 hours.
According to PMD, heavy-to-moderate but scattered rain hit the city on Sunday, bringing down the temperature while the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicted hot and humid weather with chances of rain during the next 24 hours.
The rain started before noon and continued till evening in various spans in different city areas. Data collected from WASA revealed that Farrakhabad witnessed 15mm rain, Gulberg 14mm, Walled City 11mm, Paniwala Talab 7mm, Johar Town and Airport 5mm and Laxshmi Chowk 3mm rain.
Following the rain, Managing Director WASA came out in the field and started visiting various city areas to monitor the clearance of rainwater. He also visited disposal stations of WASA and checked availability of generators and diesel. The MD instructed the field staff to remain active.
The PMD said moderate monsoon currents from Bay of Bengal were penetrating in upper/central parts while a westerly wave was also present over upper and western parts of the country.
They predicted that rain-wind/thundershower was expected in Islamabad, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, lower Sindh, eastern Balochistan and Kashmir while heavy falls was expected in lower Sindh during the forecast period.
Rainfall was also witnessed in other cities including Islamabad, Attock, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Hafizabad, Gujranwala, Narowal, Noor Pur Thal, Murree, Sahiwal, Kotli, Cherat, Lower Dir, Peshawar City, Parachinar, Malam Jabba and Khuzdar.
Maximum temperature in the city was recorded as 33.5C while minimum was 25.5C.
Meanwhile, Sargodha received light-to-heavy rain on Sunday turned weather pleasant as citizens were facing hot and humid weather for the last couple of weeks.
The rain started Sunday afternoon continued till evening intermittently across the district due to which the mercury level dropped and weather turned pleasant.
Citizens enjoyed Sunday rain with spicy foods and visiting parks along with their children.
Agricultural experts termed the current spell of rain fruitful for crops especially for paddy and sugarcane.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department also predicted thundershower for Karachi, Hyderabad, Shahdadpur, Shaheed Benazirbad, Mithi, Tharparkar, Nangarparkar, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Khairpur, Thatta, Badin, Sukkur, Dadu, and Sanghar during the next 24 hours.
However, hot and humid weather is forecast for other parts of the province. Mainly, thundershowers are predicted for the province.
