KARACHI: Meteorological department has forecast rainfall of varying intensities for parts of the country including Karachi and Lahore from today (Wednesday).
A westerly wave is likely to enter western parts of the country on Tuesday (evening/night).
Under the influence of this weather system, widespread rain-thunderstorm with few moderate to isolated heavy falls is expected in Upper Khyber Paktunkhwa (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat and Mardan divisions), Upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Lahore, Faisalabad divisions), Islamabad, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir from Wednesday to Thursday night. Snowfall over hills is also expected in Malakand division (Swat, Chitral, Kalam, Malamjabba and Upper Dir), Hazara division, Murree, Galliyat, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan during the period.
Rain-thunderstorm is expected at scattered places in Lower Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Bannu, D I Khan divisions) and Southern Punjab (Multan, Bahawalpur, D G Khan and Sahiwal divisions).
Rain-thunderstorm with snowfall over the hills is expected at scattered places in Balochistan (Queta, Zhob, Kalat, Makran, Naseerabad and Sibbi divisions), Sindh (Sukkur, Larkana, Shaheed Benazirabad, Hyderabad, Karachi divisions).
