Downpour brings chill to City weather

LAHORE - The City received downpour on Friday, increasing chill in weather by decreasing temperature during night. The rains started at night and continued till filing of this report, bringing back chill in the weather, especially during night-time. The rains added to the woes and miseries of the motorists and pedestrians as the rainwater inundated on roadsides. Inundated rainwater on roadsides and slippery conditions of roads caused frequent traffic jams on a number of important City roads even during night. Several incidents of skidding of motorcycles were also reported from various parts of the City. On Friday, maximum and minimum temperature in the City was recorded 23 degree Celsius and 07 C respectively. Relative humidity in the morning was recorded 93 per cent, which decreased to 57 percent in the evening. According to the experts, Thursdays' trough of westerly wave over northern parts of the country persists on Friday. Local meteorological department has forecast early morning rains for the City. Met office has forecast scattered rains with snowfall over the hills for NWFP, Northern Areas, Kashmir and Northeast Punjab during the next 24 hours. On Friday, Peshawar received 58mm rain, Saidu Sharif 44mm, Dir 37mm, Drosh 31mm, Cherat 29mm, Kohat 27mm, Gupis 25mm, Pattan 24mm, Mianwali 23mm, Kalam 22mm, Bannu 17mm, Faisalabad and Hunza 15mm each, Parachinar 14mm, Islamabad and Chitral 13mm each, DI Khan 11mm, Joharabad 10mm, Noorpur Thal, Kakul and Mirkhani 09mm each, Murree, Muzaffarabad, Balakot and DG Khan 05mm each, Lasbela, Nawabshah and Jhang 04mm each, Toba Tek Singh and Kamra 03mm each, Paddadin 02mm, Skardu and Rawlakot 01mm each while Multan, Hyderabad, Jhelum, Garhidupatta, Chitral and Smugli received traces of rain.

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