Cyclone Warning Centre of Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has warned the fishermen of Sindh and Balochistan not to venture in open sea due to chances of a tropical cyclone.
The met office has advised the fishermen of Sindh not to venture in open sea from Monday afternoon to Thursday, whereas the fishermen of Balochistan are advised not to venture in open sea from Tuesday to Friday.
The well-marked low pressure area over east-central Arabian Sea has rapidly intensified into a deep depression during last 12 hours and now lies around Latitude 15.5N and Longitude 68.3E about 1000km south of Karachi, the met office said.
This system is likely to intensify further into a Tropical Cyclone in next 12 hours and likely to move in northwest direction.
The sea conditions along Sindh-Makran coast are likely to remain rough to very rough occasionally high associated with strong squally winds from Monday afternoon to Friday.
PMD said none of the coastal areas of Pakistan are under threat of the cyclone. The weather even will cause light rain in coastal areas. However, rain is likely in Badin, Thatta, Sajjawal and Karachi’s coastal belt areas. Gusty winds accompanied by rain is likely in the Makran, Kalat divisions as well.
A fresh westerly wave is expected to enter upper parts of the country from Tuesday evening and would produce rain and thundershower in few places of Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, lower Sindh, upper FATA, Kashmir during the next 24 hours.
PMD said rain is also likely at isolated places in Quetta, Zhob, Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Lahore divisions, upper FATA and Kashmir during the next 24 hours.
