PMC Forecasts Snowfall Over Hills

News Desk

Peshawar: The Provincial Meteorological Center (PMC) Peshawar on Tuesday forecasted that rain with moderate to heavy snowfall is likely to occur during the following24 hours in Chitral, Lower & Upper Dir, Malakand, Buner, Swat, Shangla, Kohistan, Battagram, Torghar, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber and Kurram districts.

Light to moderate rain is also predicted to fall over Swabi, Mardan, Nowshera, Peshawar, Charsadda, Kohat, Karak, Hangu, Orakzai, Bannu, LakkiMarwat, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, North & South Waziristan districts.

The PMC states that Peshawar to Swabi motorway is anticipated to experience isolated pockets of shallow fog in the early morning hours. Most districts of the Province saw cold, partly overcast weather throughout the past 24 hours.

However, isolated rain occurred in Swat, Buner, Chitral and Khyber districts. Rain recorded (in mm):  Kalam 04, Mirkhani, LandiKotal and Buner (each) Trace.

The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at different stations of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwaare as follows:

Source: Provincial Meteorological Center Peshawar

The lowest temperature recorded in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is -05°C in Parachinar and Kalam each.