The cold weather has broken the record of the past 50 years in certain regions, says official. PHOTO:FILE
ISLAMABAD:
A new rain spell, likely to start from Saturday, in various parts of the country will help clear fog.
According to an official of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the spell will bring light scattered rain in upper parts of the country and will continue till Monday.
Snowfall is also expected in the upper parts of the country and Margalla Hills in the next few days. He said the cold weather has broken the record of the past 50 years in certain regions.
Earlier, these temperatures were ranging between 20 to 22 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature in Potohar region and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), has fallen to 14 from 18 degrees Celsius.
The official said that there is no significant change in the minimum temperatures during this season as compared to the past 50 years. Dense foggy conditions will prevail in the plains of Punjab, K-P, till Saturday.
The cold wave will continue in K-P, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan during the next 24 hours.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2013.
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