Karachi to sizzle for next 24hrs despite cloudy skies, intermittent drizzle

KARACHI: As the city records light showers early in the morning today, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecast shows hot weather for the next 24 hours, with cloudy skies and intermittent drizzle.

The PMD on Monday recorded a minimum temperature of 27°C in the metropolis and expects the maximum temperature in the city to rise up to 36°C to 38°C.

With 68% humidity in the air, northeast winds are blowing at a light speed.

"Today's weather is expected to be cloudy with intermittent drizzle throughout the day," said the Met Office. "The weather is likely to remain partly cloudy tomorrow as well."

Furthermore, the PMD revealed that the severe low pressure over the central Arabian Sea, which it reported about previously, has intensified into a depression.

Under the influence of this depression, light showers soaked the provincial capital of Sindh early in the morning today. It also brought about a cloud cover over the city.

The Met Office said that this system has moved further west and northwest during the last 12 hours and is currently 1,020 kilometres southwest of Karachi, 1,010km away from Ormara, 1,030km from Gwadar and 770km southeast of Masirah, Oman.

"This system will continue to move west and northwest towards Oman coast, with winds blowing at 30 to 40 kilometres per hour around the center of the system and wind gusts touching 50kmph."

While the meteorology department said that the system poses no threat to any coastal area of ​​Pakistan at present, it cautioned fishermen to avoid going into deep sea.