ISLAMABAD : The Met Office predicted rainfall in the last week of Ramazan and during Eid.

Dr Mohammad Hanif told Dawn that there are three spells of rain in a month and the first one is likely to continue and bring more rain in the coming days.

On Thursday, the twin cities received mild showers, ranging between 9mm and 26 mm and limited rainfall is expected in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Friday and Saturday.

Meanwhile, with the arrival of the monsoon season a complicated weather system has started to develop at three fronts – Balochistan, Northern India and Afghanistan and Central Asia, which will impact rainfall across Pakistan in the coming days.

The Met Office said that a seasonal low pressure is building up over northwest Balochistan and adjoining areas. At the same time, monsoon currents are penetrating into central and upper parts of the country from the East.

Since these heavy clouds will continue to enter the country, they would collide with a shallow westerly wave from Afghanistan and Central Asia from Thursday to Saturday night.

The Met Office predicted that these conditions are likely to result in thundershowers and scattered heavy rainfall in Kashmir, Hazara, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Lahore and Gujranwala.

Scattered rain and thunder are also expected in Malakand, Sargodha, Faisalabad, D.G.Khan divisions and FATA, as well as some isolated places in Multan, Sahiwal, Zhob, Sibbi, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu divisions and Gilgit-Baltistan. Dry weather is expected elsewhere in the country.

The satellite imagery on the website of Pakistan Meteorological Department showed thick clusters of clouds visible over North Western India with a gap another thick formation seen extending all over Central India and covering the whole of Bangladesh.

“Another spell is expected in the next week,” Dr Hanif said.

Published in Dawn, July 10th, 2015

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