ISLAMABAD: The twin cities received light rain on Sunday afternoon, providing relief to the residents from dust and dry weather that has persisted for many weeks.

Though the rain was limited to Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Murree, the Pakistan Meteorological Department predicted a dry weather in November and December.

The department’s director general, Dr Ghulam Rasul, told Dawn that rain in Islamabad and Rawalpindi was a part of the extension of a westerly wave and was limited to the Potohar region.

“It is not the harbinger of a change in the weather from summer to winter. We do not call it the first winter rain as we are in a transition period of weather,” he said, adding temperatures in the twin cities were down at night but still high in other parts of the country even in plain areas. He said October and November were considered as the transition period of a weather change during which less rain was recorded in the region.

He said dry weather was expected in the coming two months as a result of which water shortage may occur as Mangla and Tarbela dams did not have enough water.

Meanwhile, the Met Office recorded 7mm of rain in Islamabad, 2mm in Rawalpindi and 13mm in Murree.

Temperature in Islamabad was recorded at 13° Celsius, 14° Celsius in Rawalpindi and 11° Celsius in Murree.

Published in Dawn, October 23rd, 2017