Hot and dry weather to continue in Karachi

KARACHI: While the rest of the country has started experiencing a little cold weather, residents of Karachi braced 39.5°C on Saturday due to the suspension of sea breeze.



The temperature is likely to increase today (Sunday) and the hot and dry spell is predicted to continue until Wednesday. According to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the current hot spell is due to low-pressure area that has developed in upper Sindh. “The south-western winds have stopped and dry winds from the north-west are causing the temperature to rise,” said PMD Director Abdul Rasheed.  The humidity level on Saturday morning was 84% and by evening it dropped to 14%.

The sea breeze, he said, would resume during night, however, the day would remain hot and dry until Wednesday. He, however, ruled out the chances of heat wave.

Referring to presence of low wind pressure in the Arabian Sea, he said that it had yet to develop into a cyclone and the chances of it hitting the port city were bleak.



Karachi has witnessed its driest monsoon spell in the last two decades with nearly zero millimetres of precipitation being recorded so far by the PMD.

The monsoon season starts in July and lasts till the middle of September.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, October 7^th, 2018.