New wave of cold weather likely to hit Karachi from tomorrow

The met office has predicted a new wave of cold weather in Karachi from tomorrow (Tuesday) as drizzle reported at some parts of the city in the morning.

It drizzled in some parts of Karachi in the morning today.

Drizzling was reported at the city’s Bahadurabad, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, NIPA Chowrangi, Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, New Karachi and SITE area on Monday morning.

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)) in its forecast for today predicted fair weather with cool night and Misty morning in Karachi.

The minimum temperature in the city will remain between 14–16º Celsius.

While the maximum temperature is expected 25 – 27ºC, the met office said.

The humidity will remain b/w 60–70% in the morning and 40–50% in the evening.

The winds from West/Northwest blows with a speed of eight kilometer per hour in the city.

The met office had recently predicted a longer cold spell in Karachi this year as compared to the previous years.

According to the (PMD), normally the cold winds continue in the city till mid-January.

However, this time they expected to stay for a longer period.

“The winter expects to continue in the city till the end of the February,” it said.

PMD added that a system of western winds would enter the Northern Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on January 24.

These winds would become a source of extending the cold-weather spell in the city from 27 January to onward.