The Met Office on Thursday forecast the first spell of pre-monsoon rains over upper Punjab, Hazara division, lower Sindh and Kashmir from next Saturday/Sunday. The office said that weak to moderate monsoon currents are likely to penetrate in upper and some south-eastern parts of Pakistan from Saturday/Sunday.
It said that three or four rain spells with dust-storm/thundershower were expected at scattered places in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Lahore divisions during Saturday evening/night to Thursday. At a number of places in Hazara division and Kashmir, it forecast three or four rain spells with thundershower expected during the weekend. Two or three rain spells with dust/ thundershower expected at isolated places in Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan, Bannu, Faisalabad, Sargodha and Sahiwal were likely during Sunday to Wednesday.
One or two rain spells with dust/ thundershower expected at isolated places of D I Khan, Zhob, Sibbi, Multan, D G Khan and Bahawalpur divisions were predicted from Monday to Thursday. One or two rain spells with dust/ thundershower expected at isolated places of Mirpur Khas division from Saturday to Tuesday.