The Met also asked the growers to uproot weeds from their fields as the wild plants take away a major share of food and moisture from standing crops, resulting in a sizeable production loss every year. Below normal day and night time temperature is expected to remain in the most of plains. However, normal wind may blow in the most agriculture plains of Pakistan.
Sandstorms are likely to swirl in Southern Punjab and Sindh. A light rain is expected to fall in Upper Punjab. Dry and cold weather may continue in Sindh, Balochistan and in the most parts of Punjab. Light to moderate rain with a snowfall is expected in few parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, besides Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir until January 10.
Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country in the next 24 hours. Fog may continue in plains of Punjab, Upper Sindh and Peshawar division during morning and night hours. Frost is also expected in few upper parts of the country in morning hours.
Over the past 24 hours, scattered rain coupled with snow fell over the hills of Malakand, Hazara and Rawalpindi Divisions, besides Islamabad and Kashmir. Isolated falls were recorded in parts of Sahiwal, Lahore and Bahawalpur divisions besides Gilgit-Baltistan. Fog gripped plains of Punjab and Upper Sindh. Cold and dry weather was witnessed elsewhere.
Balakot received 15mm of rainfall, Murree 13mm, Rawalakot 12mm, Muzaffarabad 10mm, Pattan 9mm, Kakul 8mm, Zero Point and Saidpur 7mm each, Golra, Dir, Kalam and Malamjabba 6mm each, Islamabad International Airport, Chaklala and Shamsabad 5mm each, Bokra 4mm and Parachinar 3mm.
Murree received 5 inches of snow, Kalam and Malamjabba 3 each, Hunza and Gupis 1 inch each and Bagrote 0.5. Temperature in Skardu was minus 8 degrees Celsius, Gupis minus 7, Astore, Bagrote and Kalam minus 4 each, Malamjabba and Kalat minus 3 each, Parachinar, Murree, Rawalakot, Quetta and Dir minus 2 each.