Lahore – Met Office predicted rain of light to moderate intensity at scattered places of upper parts of the county on Thursday/Friday, resulting some relief in the prevailing cold / foggy weather conditions. Minimum temperature in Lahore dropped to 1 Celsius, whereas maximum temperature remained at 19 Celsius in the Provincial metropolis.
Met Office informed that a westerly wave is likely to grip upper parts of the country on Thursday and likely to last for two days over there. Under the influence of this westerly wave, scattered rain is expected over upper Khyber Pukhtunkhawa, upper Punjab and Gilgit Baltistan / Kashmir on Thursday/Friday. Snowfall of light to moderate intensity is also expected over the hills of upper Khyber Pukhtunkhawa, Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir, Murree and Galliyat on Friday and Saturday. Most parts of Punjab, Khyber Pukhtunkhawa and Upper Sindh are in the grip of dense fog since last week, and the prevailing fog / cold wave conditions are likely to subside for the time being, from Thursday.