The farmers should irrigate the early sown wheat crops as per need keeping in view the dry spell in the country's most agricultural plains, the Met office advised. It says in its ten-day farmer advisory that the wheat crop is developing in the country and urged the growers to remove weeds from the standing crops to scale down losses in the yield.
It says, "weeds consume considerable moisture and food from the field. As a result considerable loss in yield occurs every year". It advises the farmers to use either weedicides or remove the weeds manually. It forecast mainly dry whether in most parts of the country and Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir from January 1 to January 10.
However, mostly cloudy conditions with isolated light to moderate rain/light snowfall over the hills in Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan are expected from January 4 to January 7 January, 2012. Moderate to dense fog in the morning hours is likely to remain in the plain areas of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa including Peshawar, Charsada and Sawabi, it says.
"Mostly cloudy conditions with isolated light to moderate rain/light snowfall over the hills expected in Malakand, Hazara divisions during the period January 4 to January 7, 2012," it forecasts. It says isolated light to moderate rain/light snowfall over the hills is expected in Quetta, Kalat and Zhob divisions from January 4 to January 5, 2012.
The plains of Punjab including Lahore, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Multan and Bahawalpur are likely to experience moderate to dense fog in the morning hours during the period. "Mostly cloudy conditions with isolated light to moderate rain/light snowfall over the hills expected in Islamabad/ Rawalpindi, Gujranwala divisions from January 4to January 7, 2012Whether in Sindh is expected to remain dry Sindh, it says.