ISLAMABAD: The National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued an alert regarding possible weather conditions across the country, stating that the current situation is in line with the forecast released in January.
The alert predicts that westerly winds will bring rain and strong gusty winds to most areas of the country during the upcoming 12 to 24 hours. The upper and mountainous areas of Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will experience snowfall during the upcoming time period.
Thunderstorms, windstorms, and hail will occur in various areas of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will have thunderstorms in multiple districts during the next 12 to 24 hours.
The weather forecast predicts rain with gusty winds for Chitral, Dir, Swat, Kalam, Mingora, Battagram, Peshawar, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Swabi, Nowshera, Mardan, Charsadda, Kohat, Karak, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank, DI Khan, and Waziristan.
The cities of Islamabad and Punjab will experience snowstorms and thunderstorms during the next 12 to 24 hours. The snowstorm will affect Murree, Rawalpindi, Attock, Gujar Khan, Jhelum, Chakwal, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Sialkot, Chiniot, Jhang, Faisalabad, and Mandi Bahauddin.
The weather forecast predicts rain for Narowal, Sargodha, Jhang, Faisalabad, Lahore, Sahiwal, Kasur, Gojra, Layyah, Borewala, Okara, DG Khan, Multan, and Bahawalpur.
The upcoming 12 to 24 hours will bring rain and strong winds with thundershowers to Sindh. The cities of Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Badin, Sujawal, Jamshoro, Dadu, Khairpur, Sukkur, Larkana, Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Ghotki, Nowshera Feroze, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sanghar, Umerkot, Tharparkar, Mirpur Khas, Tando Allah Yar, and Tando Muhammad Khan will experience this weather pattern.
