Last night (Wednesday), the first precipitation of the current winter season fell across several regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir, the Potohar region, and other parts of upper Punjab, significantly lowering temperatures in these areas. Some of these locations also experienced hail.
As a result of the heavy rain and strong winds that hit Islamabad and its surroundings, the air became chillier. In the next twenty-four hours, especially in the morning, the weather service predicts more rain and hail in parts of the nation’s capital, especially in the morning.
The Met Office said that more rains and hailstorms were expected in different parts of KP, GB, Kashmir, and upper Punjab during the next 24 hours.
It predicted rain, strong winds, hailstorms, and snow at higher elevations in Chitral, Dir, Swat, Abbottabad, Balakot, Mansehra, Kohistan, Malakand, Buner, Darosh, Mirkhani, Mardan, Haripur, Bajaur, Mohmand, Kurram, Kohat, Khyber, Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshera in upper and central KP, and dry weather for Bannu, Dera Ismael Khan, North, and South Waziristan, which are located in the south of the province.
The weather department forecast thundershowers and gusty winds for Rawalpindi, Murree, Galyat, Jhelum, Attock, Chakwal, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Narowal, Lahore, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh, Faisalabad, Khushab, Sargodha, and Mianwali in upper and central Punjab in the morning.
The department said parts of these areas also expected to receive hails. However, it predicted dry weather for southern parts of the province during the next 24 hours.
Similarly, the weather will remain dry in most parts of Sindh and Balochistan, the Met Office forecast.
