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December 01, 2022

Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country. However, foggy conditions are likely to develop over plain areas of Punjab during night and morning hours. Temperatures of some major cities recorded on Thursday. Islamabad six degree centigrade, Lahore eleven, Karachi fifteen, Peshawar eight, Quetta three, Gilgit minus one, Murree four and Muzaffarabad five degree centigrade. According to Met Office forecast for Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, partly cloudy and cold weather is expected in Srinagar, Pulwama, Anantnag, cold and dry in Jammu, Shopian and Baramula while very cold and partly cloudy in Leh. Temperature recorded.

Srinagar, Pulwama and Anantnag one degree centigrade, Jammu ten, Leh minus seven, Shopian and Baramula zero degree centigrade. On the other hand the Regional Meteorological Center Peshawar on Thursday predicted that mainly partly cloudy, dry and cold weather is expected in most districts of the province during the next 24 hours. It said that light rain with light snowfall over mountains is likely to occur over isolated places in Chitral, Upper Dir, Upper Swat, Shangla and Kohistan districts. Besides, shallow fog in isolated pockets is likely to occur over Swabi, Mardan, Nowshera, Charsadda, Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan districts, as well as Peshawar to Swabi motorway during late night and morning hours.

During the last 24 hours, cold and dry weather occurred in the province, while very cold in hilly areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at different stations of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were as Peshawar City 24/04, Chitral 19/00, Timergara 23/04, Dir 21/01, Mirkhani 22/01, Kalam 17/-2, Drosh 20/04, Saidu Sharif 23/02, Pattan 24/13, Malam Jabba 13/04, Takht Bhai 25/06, Kakul 21/04, Balakot 23/04, Parachinar 21/03, Bannu 26/06, Cherat 18/07 and D.I. Khan 27/09. The lowest temperature recorded in the province was -02 C in Kalam.

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