The Meteorological department said on Monday afternoon that a fresh westerly wave is expected to enter western parts of the country today evening/night and likely to persist upper parts till Friday. Weather Forecast for Monday (Night): Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country. However, rain thunderstorm with snowfall over the hills is expected at isolated places in Quetta, Zhob, Kalat divisions and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Weather Forecast for Tuesday:
Rain thunderstorm with snowfall over the hills is expected at scattered places in Quetta, Zhob, Kalat divisions while at isolated places in Malakand, Hazara, Kohat, Rawalpindi divisions, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan cold and dry weather is expected elsewhere in the country.
Past 24 Hours Weather:
Weather remained cold and dry in most parts of the country.
Monday's Lowest Minimum Temperatures:
Astore, Kalam -09°C, Skardu, Bagrote -08°C, Gupis -06°C, Malamjabba, Hunza -04°C, Mirkhani, Drosh, Dir -03°C, Rawalakot -02°C, Parachinar, Murree -01°C, Islamabad 06, Muzaffarbd 03°C, Lahore and Peshawar 08°C, Chitrql 01°C, Karachi and Hyderabad 11°C.
The position of the river inflows and outflows at Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma along with the reservoirs levels and the barrages was as under:
Rivers: Indus at Tarbela; Inflows 18200 cusecs and Outflows 34000 cusecs, Kabul at Nowshera; Inflows 8000 cusecs and Outflows 8000 cusecs, Jhelum at Mangla; Inflows 14000 cusecs and Outflows 20000 cusecs, Chenab at Marala; Inflows 14800 cusecs and Outflows Nil cusecs.
Barrages: Jinnah; Inflows 50500 cusecs and Outflows 50500 cusecs, Chashma; Inflows 48700 cusecs and Outflows 39000 cusecs, Taunsa; Inflows 35800 cusecs and Outflows 35500 cusecs, Panjnad: Inflows 7200 cusecs and Outflows 2500 cusecs, Guddu; Inflows 25600 cusecs and Outflows 23500 cusecs, Sukkur; Inflows 18100 cusecs and Outflows 3600 cusecs, Kotri; Inflows 3300 cusecs and Outflows Nil cusecs.
Reservoirs (Level and Storage):
Tarbela: Minimum operating level 1386 feet, present level 1426.85 feet, maximum conservation level 1550 feet, live storage today 0.733 million acre feet (MAF).
Mangla: Minimum operating level 1050 feet, present level 1125.15 feet, maximum conservation level 1242 feet, live storage today 0.929 MAF.
Chashma: Minimum operating level 638.15 feet, present level 641.10 feet, maximum conservation level 649 feet, live storage today 0.042 MAF.