The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted heavy rainfall during the next 24 hours. PMD sources said due to the current weather system, scattered rainfall and heavy snowfall was expected in Malakand, Hazara, Murree, Galiyat, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir in the next two days. Hailstorm was expected in isolated locations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab including Islamabad, during the next 24 hours. A PMD spokesman said heavy snowfall ranging from three to four feet might occur over hills higher than 7,000 feet, while two-three feet of snowfall was expected over hills at a lower altitude of 5,000-7,000 feet, during the period. The snowfall may cause closure of routes and create a possibility of avalanches as well. Scattered light rain had been recorded in Punjab, KP, Balochistan and Upper Sindh during the past 24 hours. Parachinar had received 10mm of rain, Khudar had 6mm, Jewani 4mm, while Bannu, Qalat and Zhob had 3mm, and Larkana received 2mm of rainfall. The lowest temperatures were recorded in Parachinar with -10C, Astore -7C, Gopas and Skardu -3C, and Hunza with -2C.
