Rain with wind and thunderstorm is expected in North/ East Balochistan, South Punjab, Khyber Paktunkhwa, Sindh, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.Temperature of some major cities recorded on Monday morning. Islamabad eleven degree centigrade, Lahore nineteen, Karachi twenty-three, Peshawar sixteen, Quetta eight, Gilgit nine, Murree six and Muzaffarabad twelve degree centigrade.

According to Met Office forecast for Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, cloudy weather with chance of rain wind-thunderstorm is expected in Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Pulwama, Anantnag, Shopian and Baramula. Temperatures recorded. Srinagar, Pulwama and Anantnag eight  degree centigrade, Jammu seventeen, Leh minus three, Shopian six and Baramula seven  degree centigrade. Meanwhile: the Regional Meteorological Center Peshawar on Monday predicted that partly cloudy to cloudy weather was expected in most districts of the province.

However, it said scattered rain-thunderstorm with gusty winds are also likely to occur over Swat, Chitral, Lower & Upper Dir, Shangla, Buner, Malakand, Kohistan, Battagram, Torghar, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Mohmand, Bajaur, Khyber and Kurram districts. Isolated light rain-thunderstorm with gusty winds are likely to occur over Swabi, Mardan, Nowshera, Charsadda, Peshawar, Khyber, Orakzai, Hangu, Kurram, Kohat, Karak, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, North & South Waziristan, Tank and D.I. Khan districts.

During the last 24 hours, partly cloudy to cloudy weather occurred over most districts of the province. However, rain-thunderstorm occurred over Abbottabad, Swat, Buner, Upper & Lower Dir and Chitral districts. Rain recorded (in mm): Kakul 34, Malam Jabba 11, Drosh 05, Mirkhani & Timergara (each) 02, Dir & Saidu Sharif (each) 01, Chitral & Buner (each) 01.

The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in centigrade at different stations of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were Peshawar City 27/15, Chitral 21/09, Timergara 26/10, Dir 20/05, Mirkhani 25/05, Kalam 14/-01, Drosh 23/09, Saidu Sharif 22/09, Pattan 21/13, Malam Jabba 09/03, Takht Bhai 27/13, Kakul 19/06, Balakot 24/09, Parachinar 14/01, Bannu 25/13, Cherat 17/07, D.I. Khan 27/16.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP