LAHORE: The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Friday forecast cloudy weather with chances of rain and gusty winds in several cities of the country, including Lahore, during the next two days.

“A fresh westerly wave has started affecting western parts of the country and is likely to persist over upper and central parts till Monday,” it said.

It said the system is likely to generate scattered rain-thunderstorm accompanied by gusty winds in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan, Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan divisions), Fata, Islamabad, upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha and Faisalabad divisions), Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir, while at isolated places in Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Quetta and Zhob divisions).

Light snowfall is also expected over the hills of Malakand division, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir.

Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2015

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