GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT
FLOOD FORECASTING DIVISION
46-JAIL ROAD, LAHORE
WEATHER FORECAST
Issued on: 17/03/2015
Till the evening of: 18/03/2015
1- SYNOPTIC SITUATION:
Yesterday’s Western low pressure weather system, lying over Northern parts of the country has moved
Northeastwards and today, lies over Kashmir & its adjoining areas. While yesterday’s subsequent Western low
pressure weather system, lying over Eastern Iran persists.
2- LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR NEXT 24-HOURS:
Partly cloudy weather
3-COUNTRY WIDE WEATHER FORECAST FOR NEXT 24-HOURS:
Mainly dry to partly cloudy weather is expected over most parts of the country. Further, thunderstorm/rain with
light snowfall over the hills along with strong winds would occur at isolated places of Quetta, Zhob, Malakand,
Hazara, Rawalpindi (including Islamabad), Gujranwala divisions and Kashmir.
4-COUNTRY WIDE FURTHER WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NEXT 48-HOURS:
Scattered to fairly widespread thunderstorm/rain with snowfall over the hills along with gusty winds would occur over
Balochistan, FATA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab (including Islamabad), Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir and Central & Upper Sindh.
5- LAHORE A/P MAXIMUM / MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ON 17/03/2015:
Minimum Temperature
Maximum Temperature
12.0°C
23.5°C
Relative Humidity at 0800PST
Relative Humidity at 1700PST
80%
48%
Highest Maximum Temperature (Pakistan)
34.5°C
Recorded at Chhor
Highest Maximum Temperature (Punjab)
Lowest Minimum Temperature (Pakistan)
Lowest Minimum Temperature (Punjab)
27.2°C
0.0°C
8.5°C
Recorded at Rahim Yar khan
Recorded at Kalat
Recorded at Chakwal
Sunset on 18/03/2015
Sunrise on 19/03/2015
18:14 PST
06:06 PST
Pollen Count Lahore
40 /m³
6- DAMS POSITION (0600 PST):
Tarbela
Level
Inflow
Outflow
1440.35 ft
20,100 cusecs
15,000 cusecs
Mangla
Level
Inflow
Outflow
1089.60 ft
73,108 cusecs
42,941 cusecs
7- RAINFALL (MM) RECORDED AT 1700 PST DURING LAST 24 HOURS:
Rawalakot =30, Dir =23, Parachinar =22, Kotli =15, Bannu =06, Cherat =04, Garhi Dupatta, Lower Dir &
Muzaffarabad =03(each), Astore & Bhakkar =02(each), Balakot, Sialkot Cantt., D.I. Khan, Kakul, Sargodha &
Islamabad Z/P =01(each), Faisalabad, Peshawar City, M.B. Din, Gujrat & Peshawar A/P =Trace (each).
(IKRAM UD DIN)
Duty forecasting officer
For Chief Meteorologist
Phone No. 99200139
MINIMUM & MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES, DATED 17/03/2015
PUNJAB
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Bahawalnagar
Bahawalpur City
Bahawalpur A/P
Bhakkar
Chakwal
D. G. Khan
Faisalabad
Islamabad A/P
Islamabad Z/P
Jhang
Johrabad
Jhelum
Kasur
Khanpur
Lahore A/P
Lahore City
Mandi Baha-ud-din
Mianwali
Multan
Mangla
Murree
Noor Pur Thal
Okara
Rahim Yar khan
Gujranwala
Gujrat
Sahiwal
Sargodha
Shorkot
Sialkot Cantt
Sialkot A/P
T.T. Singh
BALOCHISTAN
Barkhan
Dalbandin
Gawadar
Jiwani
Kalat
Khuzdar
Lasbela
Nokundi
Panjgur
Pasni
Sh. Manda (Quetta)
Samungli (Quetta)
Sibbi
Turbat
Ormara
Zhob
Min °C
12.6
13.2
11.8
12.0
8.5
12.2
12.5
12.3
9.5
10.5
11.5
12.2
10.5
14.3
12.0
12.6
11.5
**
14.2
12.8
1.0
12.5
12.0
13.8
9.3
10.5
11.0
12.5
**
10.3
11.5
11.8
7.0
9.0
18.0
20.0
0.0
9.5
12.5
12.5
8.5
16.5
4.0
3.5
15.5
22.0
14.0
6.0
Max °C
22.8
24.5
23.0
25.5
20.0
24.5
23.0
22.0
22.5
23.8
25.5
26.5
24.0
25.5
23.5
23.7
25.0
**
23.3
25.0
10.4
25.2
23.2
27.2
23.5
24.5
22.5
23.5
23.5
23.4
23.6
23.0
21.5
27.0
28.0
26.5
16.0
23.0
32.5
28.5
27.0
28.0
17.5
17.5
26.0
32.0
28.0
16.5
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Balakot
Bannu
Cherat
Chitral
D. I. Khan
Dir
Lower Dir
Drosh
Kakul
Kalam
Kohat
Malamjabba
Mirkhani
Parachinar
Peshawar A/P
Peshawar City
Pattan
Risalpur
Saidu Sharif
Min °C
Max °C
8.1
8.0
4.0
3.8
11.0
2.0
9.0
1.3
4.5
1.0
11.5
1.0
6.5
0.8
11.5
13.0
10.0
10.5
8.0
20.5
23.4
12.0
18.4
23.5
18.5
22.0
16.3
18.0
13.0
23.5
7.2
19.5
9.0
23.5
24.2
22.0
22.0
**
18.0
14.5
17.5
16.0
18.0
14.5
15.5
11.5
12.5
16.0
14.5
14.6
16.0
10.1
18.0
32.5
34.5
31.5
28.0
33.5
27.5
33.5
31.0
30.0
27.5
29.5
29.3
32.0
26.5
34.0
SINDH
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Badin
Chhor
Hyderabad
Jacobabad
Karachi A/P
Larkana
Mithi
Sh. Benazirabad
Padidan
Rohri
Sukkur
Moin-Jo-Daro
Thatta
Dadu
Mir Pur Khas
GILGIT- BALTISTAN/AZAD KASHMIR
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Astore
Bunji
Chilas
Garhi Dupatta
Gilgit
Gupis
Kotli
Muzaffarabad
Rawalakot
Hunza
Skardu
http://www. pmd. gov. pk/FFD/cp/0.5evenings. doc
0.5
10.6
9.0
7.5
6.5
0.5
11.0
8.5
3.5
2.1
4.3
7.5
17.5
20.7
16.0
18.0
16.5
22.2
20.2
11.0
13.0
11.6
**:- means data not received