KARACHI:
The town skilled its coldest night time of the present winter season on Saturday because the minimal temperature was recorded at 8.5 levels Celsius, down two levels from yesterday.
As a result of icy winds from Tharparkar in rural Sindh and Balochistan’s northeast, a chilly wave has persevered within the metropolis.
In response to Pakistan Meteorological Division (PMD), the minimal temperature was recorded at 8.5 levels Celsius on the metropolis’s central climate station, which compiles official information, whereas the temperature dropped to six.5 levels in Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
As per the information from different climate stations, minimal temperature was eight levels at Jinnah Terminal, 8.5 levels at Sharea Faisal, 9 levels at Mauripur, and 9.7 levels at Bin Qasim.
In response to PMD, earlier document of coldest day stays unbroken. On December 14, 1986, the town’s minimal temperature was recorded at 1.3 levels Celsius. On Saturday, the wind pace within the metropolis was recorded at 20kmph.
The climate in Karachi will stay chilly and dry in the course of the subsequent few days, whereas the actual really feel of chilly could also be felt as 2 to 4 levels decrease than the precise temperature because of icy winds.
Minimal mercury is predicted to be within the single digit of 8 levels whereas the utmost temperature is predicted to be 25 levels Celsius.
A extreme chilly wave continues to persist throughout the province. Night time temperatures could also be recorded 3 to five levels decrease in numerous districts, whereas fog is more likely to happen within the higher and central districts within the morning.