PMD predicts moderate monsoon rains during next three months

KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has ostensibly found a respite for countrymen, after weeks of being scorched by steaming hot weather, with a prediction of monsoon rains during the next three months.

From June to August, PMD predicted moderate to exceptionally heavy rainfall to devastate several regions of the nation.

It stated that heavy rain was predicted for numerous regions, including southern Sindh and central and northern Punjab. It is predicted that Balochistan will also be susceptible to extreme rainfall.

Although this forecast may provide some reprieve from the intense heat, it also raises concerns because heavy rains have the potential to trigger flash floods throughout the nation, which typically cause fatalities and significant damage.

On the other hand, the meteorological department predicts that this year’s rainfall in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan will be average.

In general, the department has forecasted more rain during the first period of the monsoon than during the second.

“Compared to the second phase of the monsoon, there is a possibility of heavy rains in the first phase,” it stated.

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On May 27, the PMD predicted that rain was expected in Punjab and the upper regions of the country over the current week, which might end the heat wave that has caused extreme heat across nearly the whole country.

Given that the majority of the country’s plains continue to experience extremely hot temperatures—which in some cities have reached well over 40°C—the PMD has warned of the possibility of sporadic rainy spells in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, and a number of Punjab cities.

“The Met office informed us that a shallow westerly wave is likely to affect the upper parts of the country on May 28 (evening/night),” the weather forecast stated.

As per the Met Office, severe heatwave conditions were likely to subside in upper parts if it rained.

However, the intensity of weather will persist in the central and southern parts of the country, that is Punjab and Sindh, with day temperatures likely to remain 3°C to 4°C above normal, it had said.