RAWALPINDI: The Met Office has forecastrainaccompanied by gusty winds in different parts of the country, including the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, fromWednesday toThursday.

According to an official, a westerly wave is affecting the upper and central parts of the country and is likely to persist till Thursday.

Under the influence of this weather system, he said, cloudy weather with light rain wind-thunderstorm is expected in northeast Punjab, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

He said in Ramazan, temperatures are expected to remain normal in upper half and slightly above normal over lower half of the country.

He said dry weather prevailed over most parts of the country on Tuesday while rain-thunderstorm occurred in Punjab, Sindh, Parachinar, Zhob and Skardu.

The highest maximum temperature of 40 degrees centigrade was recorded in Mirpurkhas, Turbat, Shaheed Benazirabad, Chhor and 39 degrees in Dadu.

Published in Dawn, April 21st, 2021