Rainfall, hail lash parts of Karachi

KARACHI: Rainfall with hail was also reported in various areas of the metropolitan city on Tuesday.

Rainfall with hail was reported in Gulistan-i-Johar, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Askari IV, and other areas of the city.

Earlier in the day, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) in a weather forecast said that “a westerly wave is affecting the central and upper parts of the country”.

It forecast partly cloudy conditions with “chances of light to moderate intensity rainfall with thunderstorm” on Tuesday, with the maximum temperature expected to remain between 25-27 °C, while the minimum temperature is expected to drop to 18.6 °C.

According to the forecast, Wednesday (February 18) and Thursday (Feb 19) would be “sunny days”.

For the rest of the province, PMD said, “thunderstorm/rain of light to moderate intensity may occur in Dadu, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Jamshoro, Sukkur, Larkana, Kambar Shahdadkot, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Ghotki, Kashmore, Khairpur districts”.

“Gusty/dust-raising winds [are] also likely during the period,” PMD added.