KARACHI: The city received scattered showers from afternoon till evening on Thursday, with North Karachi getting the maximum rainfall of 36.6 millimetres – nearly one and a half inch.

The meteorological department has forecast more rains for Friday when a weather system developed a few days ago in the Bay of Bengal is likely to reach the city.

On Thursday, the maximum temperature dropped to 33 degrees centigrade. The minimum temperature was recorded at 27 degrees centigrade. Humidity remained at 75 per cent.

The rainfall recorded at Faisal base was 33 millimetres; Nazimabad 29mm; Gulshan-i-Hadeed 23mm; Masroor base 22mm; airport 20.3mm; University Road 20.3mm and Landhi 16mm.

Director-general of the Pakistan Meteorological Department Dr Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry told Dawn that rains and thundershowers were expected in Karachi during the next two days. The maximum temperature in the city is likely to remain between 33 and 35 degrees centigrade on Friday.

He said that monsoon weather system that had developed in the Bay of Bengal a few days back was moving towards Pakistan. Currently, it is hovering over the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and moving westwards towards Pakistan. He said that this weather system would continue to move further in westerly direction, towards the southern parts of Pakistan over the next 18 hours to 24 hours. Under the influence of this weather system, monsoon currents were penetrating in eastern parts of the country.

He said that a fresh westerly wave was also expected to approach the country on Sunday that could cause rains over upper parts of the country from Sunday to Tuesday.

Courtesy by dawn.com