RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Nearly three spells of light to moderate rainfall are expected across the country during Oct 2017 with an above normal temperature, the Met Office said on Tuesday.

“Rainfall is expected to remain near normal during the month in South Asia including Pakistan,” it said in its monthly weather outlook, saying that temperature is likely to remain above normal because if relatively clear skies.

“The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) are in neutral phase. Westerlies are running on their normal track of mid-latitude,” it said.

It asked the concerned authorities to step up measures for a water resource management to ensure stocks to meet agriculture requirements for Rabi crops cultivation.