Rain thunderstorm with few heavy falls likely to persist in Balochistan: PMD

News Desk

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecasted rain-thunderstorm with few heavy falls in few parts of Balochistan province during the next 24 hours.

According to the PMD alert, the depression over the Northeast Arabian Sea further moved nearly westward during the last 12 hours, weakened this morning into a well-marked low-pressure area (WML) and now lies over central parts of the North Arabian Sea, southwest of Karachi.

Maximum sustained surface wind is 40-50 km/hour around the system center. The system is likely to weaken further into a low-pressure area and move westward (towards the Oman coast). Under the influence of this weather system, rain-thunderstorms with a few heavy falls are likely in Lasbella, Uthal, Sonmiani, Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar, Jiwani, Turbat, Awaran and Ketch areas of Balochistan today and tomorrow.

Rain-thunderstorms with isolated heavy falls are likely in Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Mirpurkhas, Thaparker, Umerkot, Sanghar, Tando Muhammad Khan (TMK), Tando Allayar (TAY), Dadu and Jamshoro districts of Sindh today.

About the impacts, the met office informed that sea conditions would remain very rough during the next 12 hours.

Fishermen of Sindh and Balochistan are advised not to venture in the open sea till today evening. Heavy rains may trigger water-logging/urban flooding in low-lying areas of Lasbella, Uthal, Sonmiani, Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar, Jiwani, Turbat, Awaran and Ketch areas of Balochistan.