In the final phase this weather system is expected to further intensify on Tuesday evening and may persist until Friday. Widespread rain-thunderstorm with a few moderate to scattered heavy falls is expected in Balochistan and Sindh from Tuesday evening until Thursday. The rains would continue in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir until Friday.
Heavy falls may trigger landslides in Malakand, Hazara, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir and cause flash flooding in local nullahs of Balochistan and hill torrents of D G Khan on Wednesday and Thursday.
In the next 24 hours mainly cold and dry weather is expected in the most parts of the country with fog in upper Sindh and plains of Punjab during morning and night. "Continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country," it said.
During the last 24 hours weather remained cold and dry in the most parts of the country. However, scattered rain with snowfall over the hills occurred in Malakand and Hazara divisions and Kashmir, while isolated fall in Kohat, Rawalpindi and Gujranwala divisions and Gilgit-Baltistan. Minimum temperature of minus 6 degrees Celsius was recorded in Bagrote, Kalat, and Ziarat, minus 5 in Kalam, Malamjabba minus 4, Gupis minus 3 and Quetta, Skardu, Mirkhani and Hunza minus 2, each.
Chattar Kalas received 23 mm of rainfall, Upper Dir 20 mm, Malamjabba 17 mm, Muzaffarabad, Besham and Buner 16 mm, each, Chakothi 14 mm, Bandi Abbaspur 12 mm, Hajira and Panjera 11, each, Kalam and Rawalakot 10 mm, each, Mirkhani, Balakot and Narowal 9 mm, each, Pattan 8 mm, Garhi Dupatta 6 mm and Drosh 5 mm. Kalam received 5 inches of snowfall, Malamjabba 4, Chitral 1.2, Dir 1 and Skardu 0.3.