ISLAMABAD: The Met office has forecast that widespread rains with isolated heavy showers will continue in Islamabad, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir and Balochistan on Thursday and Friday.
While more snowfall is predicted over the hills of Murree and Galliyat, Kashmir, Malakand and Hazara divisions during this period. The current wet spell is likely to subside in the central and lower parts of the country on Friday.
The wet spell will also continue in Balochistan on Thursday, and produce more isolated heavy rainfall over northern and central parts of the province that may generate further flash floods in the local rivers and streams. The wet spell in Balochistan is expected to subside on Thursday night.
Meanwhile, some parts of the Sindh province may also receive isolated rain on Thursday.
The Met Office also informed that most parts of Balochistan including Quetta received widespread rains with isolated heavy showers during the last two to three days that generated flash floods in the local rivers and streams.
The upper parts of the country including Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, upper Punjab, upper Sindh and Kashmir also received rain and snow in hilly areas at scattered places on Wednesday.
The major amount of rain and snow recorded during the current wet spell were: Quetta 75 mm, Parachinar 42 mm, Kalat 42 mm, Kalam 37 mm, Pattan 36 mm, Dir 34 mm, Zhob 27 mm, Abbottabad 25 mm, Garhi Dopatta 24 mm, Sibbi 24 mm, Muzaffarabad 23 mm, Malam Jabba 23 mm, Khuzdar 23 mm, Rawalpindi 22 mm, Balakot 22 mm, Dalbandin 21 mm, Saidu Sharif 20 mm and Islamabad 19 mm.
The mountainous areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab also received snow. Malam Jabba recorded two feet, Kalam two feet, Murree six inches and Galliyat six inches of snow.
The met office has warned that due to the intermittent rains, the risk of landslides will be high along the major roads of hilly areas, including Malakand, Hazara, Galliyat, Murree and Kashmir on Thursday and Friday.
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