More rain forecast for next 24 hours
Met Office has predicted more rain in different parts of the country during next 24 hours.
LAHORE (dunya News) - Intermittent rain in different parts of the country including Lahore, Islamabad‚ Rawalpindi‚ Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa‚ Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir has turned weather cold.
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast cold and dry weather with light snowfall over hills during the next 24 hours.
According to Met Office sources, a westerly wave is affecting upper parts of the country and likely to move east-northeastward during next 12-18 hours, and a scatter rain is expected in Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat divisions, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan during next 24 hours.
Snowfall is also expected at isolated places over the hills of Gallayat, Malakand division Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan during the period. Cold and dry weather is expected in other parts of the country.
Meanwhile, the Met Office has advised people to remain careful due to the risk of land sliding along major roads in Murree caused by prolonged rainfall and blockade of link roads due to heavy snowfall.
The official said the rain spell will cast positive impact on crops especially in the rain-fed areas where crops were under moisture stress due to prolonged dry weather conditions.
