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Thunderstorm, rains forecast

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Meteorological Department forecasts fairly wide spread thunderstorm/ rains with isolated heavy falls over Lahore, Gujranwala divisions and Kashmir today (Monday). Scattered thunderstorm/rains are also expected over Sargodha, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Multan, D.G Khan, Bahawalpur, Zhob, Quetta, Kalat, Sibbi, Sukker and Hyderabad, Mirpur Khas, Karachi divisions; Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Met office said yesterday's well-marked monsoon, low over East Madhya Paradesh, has moved slightly westwards and now lies over North Madhya Paradesh as low and is likely to dissipate during next 24 hours. Yesterday's trough of westerly wave over Northeast Afghanistan now lies over Northern parts of the country. Seasonal low lies over West Balochistan. Monsoon current from Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal is penetrating into Punjab and Kashmir up to 5,000 feet.