The new weather system is expected to unleash rain with snowfall in Quetta, Zhob, Kohat, Malakand, Hazara Divisions, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir. An isolated light rain is expected in Peshawar, Mardan, Bannu, D I Khan, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Lahore and Rawalpindi Divisions and Islamabad on next Tuesday and Wednesday.
More scattered rain with snowfall over the hills is expected in Malakand, Hazara and Rawalpindi Divisions, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir. Isolated falls may hit Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan, Bannu, D I Khan, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Lahore Divisions from Friday (January 4) to Sunday (January 6). The rainy spell is also expected to dissipate fog.
In the next 24 hours: Fog is likely to continue in plains of Punjab, Upper Sindh and Peshawar Division during morning and night hours. A cold and dry weather is likely to prevail over the most parts of the country. A Very cold and dry condition during night time with frost in the morning is expected in the upcountry. Over the past 24 hours: Fog gripped a few plains of Punjab, Upper Sindh and Peshawar Division. A very cold and dry weather prevailed over the upper parts with while cold and dry meteorology conditions in other parts of the country. Temperature in Skardu persisted with minus 14 degrees Celsius over the past.
Astore witnessed a mercury fall to minus 10 degrees Celsius, Gupis minus 9, Gilgit minus 7, Kalam, Hunza and Bagrote minus 6, each, Rawalakot and Dir minus 5, each, Quetta, Risalpur and Kamra minus 3, each, Dalbandin, Kalat, Lower Dir, Malamjabba, Kakul, Parachinar, Chillas, Mirkhani, Risalpur, Bunji, Murree and Garhidupatta minus 2, each, Saidu Sharif, Peshawar, Islamabad and Narowal minus 1, each. "Continental air is likely to prevail over most parts of the country during next two days," the Met Office said.