Higher temperature may hasten glacier melting in Chitral valley: Met

Higher temperature is expected to expedite melting of the glacier in Chitral valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and subsequent unleashing of high flows in rivers, according to the Met Office. It said that temperature in Chitral valley is high and expected to remain soaring in the coming week. "The high temperature may hasten melting of glaciers triggering the probability of high flows in the river," it said.
The met office also asked the local communities to remain alert to the uneven flow in the valley and stay away from the river paths. Meanwhile, weather in Karachi may remain between partly cloudy to complete cloudy with possibility of drizzle. Temperature may range up to 36 degree Celsius and humidity up to 75 percent on Wednesday, the Met said.
In the next 24 hours: Scattered dust-thundershower and rain with a few heavy falls and gusty winds are expected in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad and Hazara Divisions, besides Islamabad and Kashmir. Isolated dust-thunderstorm and rain with gusty winds are likely to hit Peshawar, Kohat, Zhob and D.G Khan Divisions. Hot and humid weather is expected elsewhere in the country.
Over the past 24 hours: Hot and humid weather gripped the most parts of the country with scattered dust-thundershower and rain with a few heavy falls accompanied by gusty winds in Rawalpindi, Lahore, Gujranwala, Hazara Divisions and Kashmir.
Maximum rainfall was recorded in Murree: 55mm, Kakul: 51mm, Garidupatta 35mm, Gujranwala 33mm, Jhelum 29mm, Sialkot City 25mm, Narowal 13mm, Mangla 12mm, Kotli and Sialkot Airport 9mm, Muzaffarabad 6mm, Gujrat 5 and Lahore City 5mm.
On Tuesday, the highest temperature was recorded in Dadu: 48 degrees Celsius, Sibbi 47, Mohenjo-Daro and Rohri 46, Peshawar 42, Hyderabad, Multan and Gilgit 40, Quetta and Faisalabad 39, Karachi and Muzaffarabad 36, Lahore 35 and Islamabad 34. "Seasonal low lies over north Balochistan. Moist currents are reaching northeastern parts of the country and likely to strengthen in coming days," the Met said.