Weather Department predicts rain in Karachi ahead of Eid

A westerly weather system is expected to trigger widespread rain across Pakistan from March 17 to 20, with Karachi and other parts of Sindh to receive downpours during the Eid ul Fitr holiday period, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).

It is a powerful westerly wave operating this active spell, which introduces fresh unsettled weather till March 20. Balochistan feels it first. Quetta, Ziarat, chaman and Gwadr are places that receive rain, gusts, thunder and single hail between 17 March evening and 20 March morning.

Sindh braces next. On March 18 and 19, there are cloudy skies, showers, and thunder in Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana, Sukkur, and other places such as Jacobabad and Badin. In Chitral, Swat, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Kohat, Bannu, and Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa anticipates rainfall, winds, thunder and hill snow. Hail dots a few places.

Islamabad and Punjab enter the game. Rainy gusts with the scattered hail strike Rawalpindi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Sargodha, and Sahiwal between the night of March 17 and the dawn of March 20. March 18-19 reached Southern places such as Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan.

In Hunza, Skardu, Muzaffarabad, Neelum Valley, Poonch, Mirpur, Kotli, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, rain, clouds, thunder and high snow are observed. Kashmir sees heavier bursts. Cooler days mark the shift. Slopes and roads are scanned by hilly folks in KP, GB, Kashmir. Keep indoors when there is thunder– lightning hits lonely places. Farmers protect crops against the threat of wind, rain, hail.

Tourists make Eid plans. Check the roads, avoid deep showers. The government teams are prepared to be safe.This wave leaves lands refreshed but, care is required. Families hoard, remain dry, monitor alerts. Mother-homes outwit wild skies That time.