Hot, humid and partly cloudy weather to prevail in KP

News Desk

PESHAWAR: Provincial Meteorological Center Peshawar (PMCP) on Thursday predicted that mainly hot, humid and partly cloudy weather is expected in most parts of the province during the next 24 hours.

However, isolated rain-thunderstorm is likely to occur over Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram, Torghar, Kohistan, Buner, Shangla, Swat, Lower & Upper Dir, Malakand, Chitral, Mardan, Nowshera, Swabi, Peshawar, Khyber, Mohmand, Bajaur, Kurram, Kohat, Karak and Bannu districts.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast partly cloudy weather with rain, wind and thunderstorms at isolated places in the upper parts of the country on Thursday, including upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir, Islamabad and the Pothohar region.

According to the PMD, isolated hailstorms are also expected in some areas during the period. Islamabad and its adjoining areas are likely to experience cloudy conditions accompanied by rain and thunderstorms, with chances of hail at a few locations.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, rain and thunderstorms are predicted in districts including Chitral, Dir, Swat, Kohistan, Shangla, Battagram, Buner, Malakand, Mansehra, Abbottabad and Bajaur, while other parts of the province are expected to remain largely dry.

Similarly, partly cloudy weather with rain and thunderstorms is expected in several districts of Punjab such as Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal, Mianwali, Jhelum, Gujrat, Lahore, Gujranwala, Murree and the Galiyat region. Isolated hailstorms may also occur in these areas, whereas the rest of the province is likely to experience mainly dry weather.