KARACHI: Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD) has forecasted a new spell of cold weather in the city from December 28, according to a notification issued on Monday.
According to details, the metrological department said that the mercury would start going down from December 28. “The mercury could drop to single-digit in the city,” it added.
The met office forecasted that the upcoming cold wave would be far more chilling than the previous one recently. A cold wave already prevails in the city as minimum temperature recorded as low as 9.1ºCelsius, on Monday morning.
The northeastern winds further adding to the cold feeling with the wind speed recorded at 11 kilometers per hour, PMD said. Easterly/Northeasterly winds blowing in the metropolis as existing cold wave likely to persist for a few more days.
The weather is partly cloudy and 43 percent humidity recorded in the morning, the met office said. However, rain (with snowfall over hills) is expected in Kashmir, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Dense fog is likely to prevail in plain areas of Punjab and upper Sindh during morning and night hours, while frost likely to occur in Potohar region including few plain areas of Punjab during the morning hours.
