More intermittent monsoon rains with heavy falls are expected in Islamabad, Lahore and parts of Pakistan on Sunday evening/night, Monday and Tuesday.
Synoptic Situation:
A seasonal low-pressure system lies over northern Balochistan. Met office predicts strong monsoon currents from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal will continuously penetrate the upper and central parts of Pakistan. A westerly wave also prevails over most upper parts of the country.
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Forecast:
Met office forecasts more widespread monsoon rains in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Lahore. Rains will fall in the northeastern and eastern Punjab. And in Potohar region Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Metrological department says isolated heavy rains may fall are in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and northeastern Punjab. Southeast Sindh may also witness rainfall.
Impacts and Advises:
Torrential rains will likely generate flash floods in local nullahs/streams of Chitral, Dir and Swat. In Shangla, Buner, Kohistan, Manshera, Abbottabad, Charsadda, Nowshera, Swabi and Mardan. Met office predicts flash floods in Murree, Galiyat and Islamabad/Rawalpindi. And northeast Punjab and Kashmir. People in hill torrents of Dera Ghazi Khan may also witness flash flooding.
Downpour may cause urban flooding in Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Peshawar, Nowshera and Mardan. Landslides/mudslides may cause road closures in the vulnerable areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Murree, Galiyat and Kashmir.
Heavy rains and windstorms may damage dilapidated buildings, electric poles, billboards, vehicles and solar panels.
Islamabad and Lahore’s maximum temperature is expected to remain between 32°C and 34°C on Monday and Tuesday.
Meanwhile, rains of varying intensities have been reported in the twin cities, Lahore and parts of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit, Baltistan and Kashmir.
Rainfall (mm):
Punjab: Gujrat 126, Gujranwala 75, Islamabad (Airport 70, Saidpur 64, Golra 55, City 41), Sialkot (Airport 70, City 34). Murree 68, Jhelum 62, Bahawalnagar 38, Hafizabad 36, Rawalpindi (New Kattarian 33, Shamsabad 32, Bokra 27. Katcheri 27, Pirwidahi 22, Gawalmandi 21), Bhakkar 31, Mandi Bahauddin. Chakwal 26, Lahore 22, Mangla 21, Sheikhupura 18, Attock 10, Faisalabad 05. Mianwali 03, Toba tek Singh, Layyah 02, Sargodha, Shorkot 01
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Takht Bai 79, DI Khan 51, Parachinar 40, Dir (Upper 29, Lower 23), Kakul 26, Malam Jabba. Balakot 16, Kalam 07, Peshawar 06, Pattan 04, Cherat 03, Saidu Sharif 01
Kashmir: Muzaffarabad 45, Garhi Dopatta 33, Rawalakot 14, Kotli 10
Gilgit-Baltistan: Bunji 09, Bagrote 07, Gilgit 06, Astore 05, Chilas 02
Sindh: Karachi (Surjani Town 06, Orangi Town 05, Nazimabad, University Road 03)
