PMD predicts rainfall in KP, Punjab for next few days

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department on Friday predicted rainfall in districts across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.

According to PMD, rain accompanied by wind and thunderstorms is expected across the upper and central parts of the country with occasional gaps.

“Moist currents are penetrating in upper parts of the country and likely to continue during next four to five days,” the PMD said in its notification.

The Met department also forecast the entry of a westerly wave in the upper parts of the country on September 11.

Rainfall with wind and thunderstorms is expected from September 10 to 14 in areas including Chitral, Dir, Swat, Kohistan, Shangla, Buner, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Malakand, Bajaur, Peshwar, Mardan, Charsadda, Swabi, Nowshehra, Kurram, Kohat, Waziristan, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Murree, Attack, Chakwal, Jhelum, Sialkot, Narowal, Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat Sheikhupura, Mianwali, Khushab, Sargodha, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Jhang, and Faisalabad.

From September 13 to 14, areas from Punjab’s southern region including Bhakkar, Layyah, Dera Ghazi Khan, and Muzaffargarh will receive rain accompanied by thunderstorms and wind.

According to the Met, some areas of Sindh including Tharparkar, Umarkot, Sanghar, Mirpurkhas, Thatta, and Badin will also witness downpours with thunderstorms from September 10 to 14.

Moreover, Lasbella, Kalat, and Khuzdar are expected to drench in rainfall — alongside thundershowers — from September 13 to 14.

Met department has also forecasted landslides triggered by rains in Kashmir, and other hilly areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Galiyat, and Murree.