Light Rain, Snow Over Hills Likely At Isolated Places In Upper Areas

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Jan, 2017 ) : Light rain with snowfall over the hills is expected at a few places in Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Malakand and Hazara divisions during next 24 hours while dense foggy conditions likely to prevail over plain area of Punjab, KP and upper Sindh during night and morning hours.

However, cold and dry weather to persist over most parts of the country during this time span. Continental air would prevailing over most parts of the country. However, shallow westerly wave is still prevailing over northern areas of the country, an official of Met office told APP.

During last 24 hours rain with snowfall over the hills occurred at a number of places in Islamabad, Punjab and Kashmir, while at scattered places in Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar divisions and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Rainfall recorded during last 24 hours remained Kashmir: Kotli 81mm, Rawalakot 71mm, Muzaffarabad 53mm, Garhi dupatta 34mm, Punjab: Gujranwala 53mm, Sialkot 50mm, Jhelum 49mm, Mangla 46mm, Rawalpindi 34mm, Islamabad 36mm, Lahore 33mm, M.

B Din, Gujrat 32mm, Murree 15mm, Bahawalnagar 10mm, Kasur 9mm, Multan, Bahawalpur 8mm, Faisalabad 7mm, Shorkot, Okara, Chakwal 6mm, T.T Singh 4mm, Khanpur, Sargodha 3mm, Sahiwal 2mm, R.Y Khan, Noorpur thal, Joharabad 1mm, KP: Kakul 38mm, Balakot 35mm, Pattan 5mm, Risalpur 4mm, Peshawar, Cherat, Dir 1mm, GB: Chilas 16mm, Bagrote 10mm, Bunji and Gilgit 6mm.

Snowfall recorded was Astore 15 inch, Murree 11 inch, Skardu 4 inch and Malamjabba 2 inch. Lowest temperatures Parachinar -07�C, Malamjabba, Murree -06�C, Kalat, Kalam -05�C, Skardu, Quetta, Dir, Gupis, Bagrote, Dalbandin, Chitral, Drosh, Astore -02�C, Hunza 01�C, Muzaffarabad, Gilgit 03�C, Peshawar 07�C, Multan 08�C, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Hyderabad 09�C and Lahore, Karachi 10�C.