{"id":71964,"date":"2025-04-25T16:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T11:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=71964"},"modified":"2025-04-25T16:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T11:05:50","slug":"pmd-issues-heatwave-alert-across-country-amid-rising-temperature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/weather\/pmd-issues-heatwave-alert-across-country-amid-rising-temperature\/","title":{"rendered":"PMD issues heatwave alert across country amid rising temperature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>ISLAMABAD:\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/weather\/karachi-weather-update-met-office-predicts-hot-weather-strong-winds-for-capital-city\/\">Pakistan Meteorological Department<\/a> (PMD) has issued a heatwave alert, predicting record high temperatures across the nation from April 26 to 30 owing to the entrance of a high-pressure system in the upper Atmosphere.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The weather system is <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/weather\/pmd-forecasts-strong-rain-winds-in-islamabad-punjab-kp\/\">forecast<\/a> to form on April 26 and grip much of the nation by April 27, causing considerable increases in daytime temperatures.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>From April 26 to May 1, day temperatures are expected to be 5-7 degrees Celsius higher than typical in southern regions like as Sindh, southern Punjab, and Balochistan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, temperatures in the upper half of the nation, including central and upper Punjab, Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan, are forecast to be 4-6 degrees Celsius higher than average from April 27 to April 30.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Beginning April 30, a new weather system is forecast to bring rain, thunderstorms, and hail to areas of Kashmir, Islamabad, the Pothohar region, northeast Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To minimize heat-related diseases, the general population, particularly children, women, and the elderly, should keep hydrated and avoid direct sunlight during the day.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Farmers should arrange their wheat harvest activities carefully and take precautions to protect their livestock from harm.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Rising temperatures in the northern regions might potentially hasten snowmelt, particularly between April 27 and May 1.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The authorities have been urged to be vigilant and take all necessary measures to mitigate the hazards linked with the heatwave.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD:\u00a0 The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued a heatwave alert, predicting record high temperatures across the nation from April 26 to 30 owing to the entrance of a high-pressure system in the upper Atmosphere. The weather system is forecast to form on April 26 and grip much of the nation by April 27, causing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":36113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[641,17267,109],"class_list":["post-71964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather","tag-pmd","tag-heatwave-alert","tag-weather-forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71964"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71966,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71964\/revisions\/71966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}