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ISLAMABAD, (APP): The ongoing rain spells of Spring
season would continue in most parts of the country in the month of
April with intervals, according to the weather experts.
Senior Meteorologist, Pakistan Meteorological Department
(PMD), Farooq Dar said “keeping in view the prevailing regional and
global weather conditions, it is expected that the ongoing rain
spells would continue in the month of April too”.
The senior meteorologist termed these rain-spells as quite
unusual activity for which the reason is the prolonged warming in
the Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures (El-Nino phenomena).
He said the present rain spell, started from Thursday in
different parts of country, is the fourth rain-spell of this Spring
season.
This rain spell would continue till Saturday with chances of
light rain on Sunday morning too, he added.
While another rain spell, he said, is expected in the first
week of April which would also continue for few days, making the
weather pleasant.
The senior meteorologist said these spells carrying moderate
rains are not seemed to be dangerous for the Wheat or any other
crop. However the hail storm, if occurs, may cause damage to the
crops.
The met department has issued detailed advisory for the
farmers to save crops through adopting precautionary measures, he
said.
About pollen count, he said the pollen count would be reduced
during the rain spells and cloudy weather conditions in capital
,giving relief to the allergy patients.
The pollen count for the last 24 hours in Islamabad was 19,714
till 9:00 am on Thursday and it would reduce during rains.
According to the weather report, scattered rain-thundershower
would continue in Islamabad, upper Punjab including Rawalpindi,
Sargodha, Gujranwala, Lahore and Faisalabad divisions from Friday to
Sunday.
While scattered rain-thundershowers are expected in
Balochistan on Friday.
Widespread rain-thundershower with isolated heavy falls is
expected in FATA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kashmir on Friday and
Saturday.
Isolated rain thunderstorm is also expected in south Punjab
including Bahawalpur, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan upper Sindh including
Sukkur and Larkana on Friday.
Rain-thundershowers in upper Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa may
be accompanied by isolated hailstorm.
During rains, there will be high risk of land sliding in the
vulnerable areas of Malakand, Hazara division and Kashmir on Friday
and Saturday.