The Met Office on Monday asked the farmers to pluck cotton after 10 am to ensure a maximum output, saying that the crops irrigation plans should be in place keeping in view the dry spell in the next 10 days. It warned the growers of a dry weather with a maximum temperature touching about 43 degrees Celsius in Lasbella, Balochistan, saying that crops watering mechanism should be in place.
"Farmers are advised to schedule the picking of cotton after 10 am to get the maximum yield," it said. Weeds pose a dire threat to standing crops, which eat up a fair share of soil moisture and food to scale down production, it said that farmers should step up efforts to protect yield from a considerable loss.
Sargodha and Rawalpindi Divisions may receive a light rain and Upper Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan scattered falls. Sindh, Kashmir and Balochistan are likely to witness dry weather until October 10.
Daytime temperature is expected to remain slightly normal in the most parts of the country with nighttime below normal across the agricultural parts. A normal wind pattern may prevail over the most of agricultural plains over the period.
In the next 24 hours: mainly dry weather is expected in the most parts of the country with an isolated rain-thunderstorm in Malakand, Quetta and Zhob Divisions and Gilgit-Baltistan.
"Trough of westerly wave is affecting northern parts of the country," it said.
Weather in Karachi likely to remain sunny with temperature up to 37 degrees Celsius and 75 percent humidity in the next 48 hours.