ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted mainly cold and dry weather for Islamabad and most parts of Pakistan during the ongoing week.
Currently, most of Pakistan is experiencing continental air, leading to cold and dry weather in Islamabad and across the country from Tuesday evening through Thursday.
Extremely cold weather is likely in northern areas of the country and north Balochistan.
Frost is likely to occur in Islamabad during morning hours.
Dense fog/smog is likely to persist in, Punjab (Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal, Bahawalpur, Sahiwal, Okara, Kasur, Lahore, Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, Jhelum, Mangla, Faisalabad, Jhang, Sargodha, Mandi Bahauddin, Toba Tek Singh, Khanewal, Multan, Khanpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Hafizabad, Bhakkar, Layyah, Dera Ghazi Khan and surroundings), plains of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and upper Sindh during the period.
Dense fog/smog may force the closure of Motorways and disrupt traffic on other inter and intra-city roads including the National Highway.
In Islamabad, the weather is expected to be quite chilly, with temperatures ranging between -01 to -01 degrees Celsius on Wednesday and Thursday.
Across most of the country, it has been cold and dry, especially in the northern areas and north Balochistan in the past 24 hours. The northern regions like Skardu and Leh experienced extremely cold temperatures, dropping to 08 degrees Celsius below freezing.
During this time, there was thick fog and smog in the plains of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and upper Sindh. In Islamabad, the minimum temperature was as low as 02 degrees Celsius, and the humidity in the morning was quite high at 92 percent.
The dense fog and smog led to the closure of sections of motorways, causing disruptions in regular vehicle movement on the National Highway. It also had an impact on flight operations and caused delays in the schedule of passenger trains.
