KARACHI: Many parts of the city received light to moderate showers on Wednesday.
The Met office said cloudy weather with intermittent rain-thunderstorm is expected in the metropolis on Thursday (today), while widespread rain-thunderstorms are likely to occur in rest of the province.
It recorded maximum rain in Korangi (14.8mm) followed by Quaidabad (10.5mm), Saddar (10mm), Nazimabad (8.4mm), Surjani Town (8.2mm), PAF Faisal Base (8mm), Orangi Town and Kaemari (7mm each), North Karachi (6mm), Airport old area (5.3mm), University Road Met Office and PAF Masroor Base (5mm each), Gulshan-i-Maymar (4.2mm), Saadi Town (3.5mm), Gulshan-i-Hadeed (3mm), Jinnah Terminal (2.2mm) and Gadap Town (1mm) and DHA Phase II (0.3mm).
The Met office said a well-marked monsoon low-pressure area now lied over central Sindh and adjoining west Rajasthan (India).
“Under the influence of this weather system, widespread rain-thunderstorms with few heavy/very heavy falls likely to occur in Tharparkar, Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Thatta, Sujawal, Badin, Sanghar, Hyderabad, Matiari, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tando Allahyar, Shaheed Benazirabad, Dadu, Jamshoro, Qambar-Shahdadkot, Khairpur, Naushahro Feroze, Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Ghotki, Sukkur, Larkana and Kashmore districts till Thursday night,” it said.
Rain-thunderstorms with few moderate (isolated falls) are also expected in Karachi.
Published in Dawn, August 25th, 2022