Pre-monsoon rains begin, River Kabul in medium flood

Pre-monsoon rains have started in the upper parts of the country while river Kabul is in medium flood level at Nowshera with running water of 107,000 cusecs and all the other major rivers are flowing below low, meteorological department said on Wednesday.
It said seasonal low lies over Balochistan and adjoining areas. Moist currents from Arabian Sea are penetrating into upper parts of the country. A shallow westerly trough is also prevailing over extreme northern parts of the country. It said rain thundershower associated with gusty winds occurred at scattered places of Islamabad/Rawalpindi, G/wala, Hazara, Peshawar divisions and Kashmir, while at isolated places in Malakand division and GB.
Palandri 48mm Murree33, Islamabad (Saidpur) 27, Kotli 26, Balakot 25, M.B.Din 24, Abbotabad and Rawlakot17, Cherat14, Malamjabba12, Chakwal10, Peshawer06, Rawalpindi, Mangla05, Drosh, Chitral and Risalpur01mm. Talhatta, Chattarkallas, Besham and Attock Khairabad-03(each), Shinkiari, Baba Shah Jalal, Nauseri, Dratian and Garhi Dupatta-02(each), Chakdara, Garhiala, Muzaffarabad, Domel, Drosh, Mirkhani, Risalpur and Chitral-01(each), Astore, Bunji, Gilgit and Skardu-Trace (each).
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TODAY Scattered Dust thunderstorm/rain is expected over Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat and Rawalpindi Divisions along with Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir. Isolated dust thunderstorm/rain is expected over Sargodha, Faisalabad and Lahore Divisions. Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in other parts of the country. The hottest places in the country during past 24 hours were Turbat 50, Sibbi 47, Dadu 46, Jacobabad, Bhakkar, Sukkar, Shaheedbenazeerabad and Bahawalnagar 45.
RIVER WATER FLOWS Water flow in the mighty Indus has risen to 180,400 cusecs at Tarbela, River Kabul at Nowshera 107,000 cusecs, river Jhelum at Mangla 68,700 cusecs and river Chenab at Marala 86,700 cusecs. IRSA has reduced water outflow off Mangla dam by 10,000 cusecs.
RIVERS FLOWS AND RESERVOIRS LEVEL REPORT The position of the river inflows/outflows and the reservoirs levels
-- Reservoirs (at 0600 hours) Present Level
-- Maximum Level (ft.) Present Live Storage
-- Tarbela 1,418.39 1,380.00 1,550.00 0.699 MAF
-- Mangla 1,182.00 1,040.00 1,242.00 3.387 MAF
-- Chashma 643.80 637.00 649.00.