Growers advised to complete sowing grain crops
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KARACHI: The Met Office on Thursday asked the growers of rain dependent areas to complete sowing grain crops like millet.
It said that the farmers should take steps following the recent rainfalls to pump out excessive water from their cotton and vegetable crops. It warned that the high-temperature warm attack is expected at cotton crops, asking the farmers to step up with measures in this connection.
Day and nighttimes temperature is likely to remain above normal in the most of the agricultural plans of the country, it said, adding that normal wind may blow in the next 10 days.
Punjab is expected to receive a widespread rains and wind-thunderstorm with isolated heavy falls in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Multan and Bahawalpur divisions, while scattered falls in DG Khan and Sahiwal divisions in the next 10 days.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa widespread rains and wind-thunderstorm with isolated heavy falls are expected in Hazara and Peshawar while scattered falls in Malakand, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu and DI Khan divisions until Aug 5.
Weather in Sindh is expected to remain mainly hot and humid. Baluchistan is likely to witness largely hot and humid weather with isolated rains and wind-thunderstorm in Zhob and Kalat divisions until Aug 5. In Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir, scattered rains and wind-thunderstorm are expected until Aug 5.
In the next 24 hours rains and wind-thunderstorm with isolated heavy falls are expected in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad and Hazara Divisions, Islamabad and Kashmir. Isolated falls may occur in Zhob, Kalat, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas, DG Khan, Multan, Bahawalpur, Sahiwal, DI Khan, Bannu, Peshawar, Kohat and Malakand divisions besides Gilgit-Baltistan. Karachi is expected to receive drizzle with cloudy weather as temperature may range up to 28 degrees Celsius and humidity 85 percent.
Over the past 24 hours widespread rains and wind-thunderstorm with isolated heavy falls happened in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, Malakand, Hazara and DI Khan divisions, Islamabad and Kashmir, while isolated falls in Multan, DG Khan, Bahawalpur, Kalat and Zhob divisions. Weather remained hot and humid elsewhere in the country.
Maximum rainfall was recorded in Islamabad Saidpur 155 mm and Islamabad Zero Point 81 mm, Rawalpindi Shamsabad 76 mm, Sialkot Airport 74 mm, Chaklala 68 mm, Golra and Mangla 64 mm, each, Bokra 57 mm, Bhakkar 56 mm, Islamabad Airport 53 mm, Balakot 49 mm, Jhelum 48 mm, Lahore City 46 mm, Lahore Airport 45 mm, Kalat 44 mm, DI Khan 40 mm, Chakwal 36, Murree 32 mm, Kotli 28 mm, Attock 26 mm, Hafizabad and Gujranwala 24 mm, each, Kakul 22 mm, M B Din 17 mm, Narowal 16 mm, Multan 15 mm, Sialkot Cantonment and Layyah 14 mm, each, Muzaffarabad 11 mm, Kasur and Gujrat 10 mm, each.
Nokkundi and Dalbandin were the hottest places in the country with a maximum temperature of 46 degrees Celsius, Sibbi 44, Chillas and Sukkur 43, each, Quetta 40, Gilgit 39, Karachi, Multan and Hyd 35, each, Faisalabad 34, Peshawar, Muzaffarabad and Lahore 32, each and Islamabad 29.
