Met Forecasts Partly Cloudy Weather In KP

News Desk

Peshawar: The Meteorological Department on Tuesday predicted partly cloudy weather in most upper parts of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province during the next 24 hours, with rain-wind and thunderstorms in the upper district and snow over the high mountains.

Scattered rain and wind thunderstorms with isolated heavy falls are expected over Chitral, Lower and Upper Dir, Swat, Malakand, Buner, Shangla, Kohistan, Battagram, Torghar, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, Hangu and Kurram districts.

Isolated rain with a wind-thunderstorm is expected over Haripur, Swabi, Mardan, Nowshera, Peshawar, Charsadda, Kohat and Karak districts.

The Met Office warned that rain might trigger landslides in the most vulnerable areas of the province.

The chief amount of rainfall recorded in different cities of the province was Malamjabba 34mm, Dir 12, Kohat 11, Kalam 10, DI Khan 03, Cherat 20, Saidu Sharif 13, Mardan 22, Risalpur 36, Bannu 14 and Peshawar 02.

The minimum temperature of 02°C was recorded in Kalam during the last 24 hours, while the minimum temperature recorded in major cities of the province was Peshawar 16°C, Malamjabba 4, Dir 09, Mardan15, DI Khan19, Chitral 09, Bannu 14, Parachinar 10, and Kohat16.