Rain with snowfall over hills predicted during next 48 hours

Islamabad, January 06, 2014 (PPI-OT): Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicted rain with snowfall over the hills at scattered places in the country on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Spokesman of PMD informed that a westerly weather system presently giving rainfall in Middle East is likely to enter in Balochistan on Tuesday. Under the influence of this weather system scattered rain with (snowfall over the hills) is expected in Makran, Kalat, Quetta and Zhob divisions on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Scattered rain with snowfall over the hills is also expected in Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Peshawar, Malakand and Hazara divisions), Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir while at isolated places in Upper Punjab (Sargodha, Rawalpindi and Gujranwala divisions) and Islamabad from Tuesday (Night) to Thursday.

Snowfall in Murree and Galyaat is also expected on Wednesday/Thursday. The day temperatures in upper parts of the country are expected to remain 2-3 degrees below normal on Wednesday/Thursday while the night temperatures will increase a little.

For more information, contact:
Pakistan Meteorological Department
Sector H-8/2, Islamabad- Pakistan
Tel: +9251 925 0360 -1
Fax: +9251 925 0368
Email: pakmet_islamabad@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.pakmet.com.pk