Time for waiting is over now!
Waiting game is over for Karachi!
Heat wave takes 4 lives in Sindh – death toll rises to 40
Background
This week had been a little quiet in terms of monsoon showers as no weather system has approached any part of the country, most weather system are dieing before entering Pakistan except for monsoon moisture which has been interacting with western troughs to enhance monsoon activity. Temperatures had increased in the country as forecasted by PWP. High humidity has also rised. Overall these are some things that have been observed during this week. Whats ahead?
Temperature – outlook
Overall the temperatures will be high in almost all parts of the country except Karachi and coastal Sindh due to fast winds. In parts of Upper Sindh and southern Punjab temperatures will hover around 45°C till next 2 to 3 days, then a decrease is expected. In Punjab and Khyber too, temperatures will decrease in next 2 to 3 days. Following is the expected temperature forecast (Forecast valid till 3 days), after that a decrease is very likely;
- 43 °C to 45 °C in Sukkur.
- 39 °C to 44 °C also in Larkana.
- 43 °C to 44 °C in Nawabshah.
- 38 °C to 40 °C in Hyderabad.
- 31 °C to 35 °C in Karachi. (Not likely to change)
- 42 °C to 45 °C in Lahore.
- 38 °C to 40 °C in Islamabad.
- 40 °C to 44°C in Multan.
- 40 °C to 44°C in Faisalabad.
- 38 °C to 40 °C in Peshawar.
People of upper Sindh and southern Punjab should take precautions till 2 to 3 days and avoid unnecessary outdoor activities, as on July 20, at least 4 people were killed in Jamshoro, Sindh due to intense heat waves. The death toll has now reached 40 in Pakistan, all these deaths were weather-related from heat wave to rainstorms to floods since June 25.
Monsoon update 2011
Much awaited rains are here!!
Low pressure over Madya Pradesh
Pakistan to be covered with monsoon!
India
The soul of monsoon is unusually very quiet that is Bay of Bengal. The Bay usually produces low pressures or depressions that enhance monsoon activity but so far it is failed to do so. While the Arabian sea is doing all it could to keep monsoon alive, strong cross-equatorial flows over Arabian sea that along with trough from Maharashtra coast to Kerala coast, is bring heavy to very heavy rainfall to this part of India. But others are not so lucky.
Pakistan
Monsoon had covered Punjab, Khyber, Kashmir, North-eastern Balochistan and upper Sindh except for south-eastern and coastal Sindh, which are desperately waiting and are thirsty for first drop of rain. But as they that Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet, maybe that is true!
So Karachiites, it seems as if your waiting game is finally over as monsoon rainfall is expected.
Pakistan Weather Portal (PWP)’s forecast
Note: This is the forecast of Pakistan Weather Portal (PWP), we are 75% confident with this prediction. There will be slight variations in our forecast as certain meteorological factors develop and fade as time passes by and these factors are too isolated to be noticed on models, so if any change arises then PWP will update you.
Pakistan Weather Portal (PWP) had earlier forecasted that monsoon may hit Karachi on July 15 but PWP later revised their forecast and said;
“High chances of monsoon hitting Karachi late this month.”
Now PWP upgrades that forecast to “very high”, at least 48 hours have passed but that forecast has not changed and we are confident that monsoon will cover while monsoon regions of Pakistan on July 24 mid-day. On July 23, PWP upgraded its monsoon forecast for Karachi from “very high” to “extremely high”, we are confident that monsoon will hit south-eastern Sindh and Karachi in 36 to 48 hours.
Fresh monsoon rainfalls are likely in almost all parts of monsoon belt of Pakistan during late this month that is from July 23 night. The monsoon belt of Pakistan include Islamabad, Punjab, eastern Khyber, north-eastern Balochistan, Kashmir and Sindh including Karachi other regions that is rest of Balochistan, FATA, rest of Khyber and Giglit are non-monsoon regions.
As of 5:30 pm PST July 21, various models are indicating that the upper air cyclonic circulations over the Bay of Bengal that would cross West Bengal province and gain intensity into a low pressure area (happened as of July 21). The system would approach Madya Pradesh where it may lose intensity and become a UAC from here it will start its journey to south-eastern Sindh, while moving it will lose its intensity but it will send strong monsoon moisture to upper parts of Pakistan with strong currents from Arabian sea. The UAC will approach Sindh by July 24/25 by that time the system will be highly sheared and it will tear into different parts of thunderstorms and eventually dissipating over the Arabian sea. Few of its thunderstorms will also reach as far as Oman.
As of 6:00 pm PST July 23, the western trough, Arabian sea’s moisture and low’s moisture is likely to interact over Upper Pakistan. The low rapidly intensified into a depression on July 22 over Jharkhand and moved from Jharkhand to Utter Pradesh to Madya Pradesh (The track as forecasted by PWP on July 21). On July 23, the depression weakened into a well-marked low over North Madya Pradesh. According to latest forecast, the system has moved towards western Madya Pradesh and adjoining Rajasthan and Gujarat. The system will weaken rapidly before coming to Sindh (maybe a UAC or remnant low, as forecasted earlier by PWP), the system will reach Sindh by between July 24 and July 25, it will be in dissipating stages at that time. Few of its moisture could reach Oman as well. Following is the forecast in detail for Islamabad, Punjab and Sindh;
Islamabad
The 4th spell of monsoon will begin from July 23 night and continue till 3 to 4 days, till July 27 mid-day. Rain will be accompanied by fast to strong winds and thunder, it will be moderate in intensity with isolated heavy falls to isolated very heavy falls.
Punjab
In Northern Punjab: Lahore, Faisalabad, Murree, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Sialkot and other adjoining cities. The 4th spell will begin from July 23 night and will continue till July 27 mid-day, and decrease thereafter . Rain will be accompanied by fast to strong winds and thunder, it will be moderate in intensity with isolated heavy falls to isolated very heavy falls.
In Southern Punjab: Bahawalpur, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, D. G. Khan and other adjoining cities. The 4th spell will start from July 24 night and continue till July 25 night, and decrease thereafter. Rain will be accompanied by winds and thunder, it will be moderate in intensity with moderate falls likely.
Sindh
In Upper Sindh: Sukkur, Larkana, Jacobabad, Kashmore and other adjoining cities. The 3rd spell will begin from July 24 mid-day an continue till July 25 night, and decrease thereafter. Rain will be accompanied by fast winds and thunder, it will be moderate in intensity with few isolated heavy falls, but mostly scattered moderate falls likely here too.
In South-eastern Sindh: Mirpur khas, Umerkot, Tharparkar, Badin and Hyderabad. The 1st monsoon spell will begin from July 24 mid-day and continue till July 25 late night, and decrease thereafter. Rain will be accompanied by gusty winds and thunder, it will be moderate in intensity with isolated heavy falls.
In coastal Sindh: Karachi, Thatta, Keti, Shah Bandar and other coastal localities. The 1st monsoon spell will begin from July 24 mid-day and continue till July 25 late night, and decrease thereafter. Rain will be accompanied by fast winds and thunder, it will be moderate in intensity with isolated heavy falls, but mostly scattered moderate falls likely here as well.
Overall monsoon will cover all the monsoon regions of Pakistan and it is very likely that monsoon regions of Pakistan will be covered completely by monsoon on July 24 mid-day.
Poll of the week
Pakistan Weather Portal (PWP) wants to know how confident are it’s readers from Karachi, it would be better if Karachiites also comment about what they have voted for us to see the majority and different moods of Karachi;
Pakistan Weather PortaL 
801 responses to “Pakistan Weather Update & Monsoon alert (July 21 – July 28)”
kahan hain drak clouds, in DHA bright sun shine hy
Such a heavy mass of cloud just went to Oman via Karachi widout giving even a single dr0p of rain, this simply means that ALLAH is dissapointed at us Karachiites.
Are you sure what are you writing!
i Can see dark cumulonimbus clouds but i think that they’re n0w dissipating as winds have started again :@
wait for sometime it will take some time to reach there
see airport side its coming from there………….Yahooooooooooooooooooooo
time is oveeeeeeeer
:( DHA is so unlucky :(
dissipated
OOoo Bhai Km ab tu ajaoooo Kuch tu bTa JaaAoooo
@sam: are mian chat pe ja k daikhooooo
Everytime thunderstorms try to pop-up, humidity decreases and winds start to bl0w. Humidity was 75% at 12pm, n0w its 56%.
agree with Tarim :(
kia keh raheee ho Yaaaaar ):
OH HOOO OHOOOO what a cloud is coming….. :)
the clouds that were f0rming at my area, they dissipated :(
f0rget rains f0rget clouds, n0w comment only when u hear thunder :D
Thunderbolt where do u live ?
opps That was Bin Qasim plant statring it units … :(
i like thunder sound more than rain shower………
nYc w0rk KM, u removed previous c0mments, nYc. Because it sl0ws d0wn ur site. Try to do it always.
me 2 :)
But i haven’t heard thunder since the last rain of 2010 ):
Winds are again starting to calm d0wn.
zohair: i went to check magar koi kalay badal nazar bhi nahi ah rahay :( aur bhot tez dhoop nikli hoi hai jis ki wajah se thandi thandi jamishiri pina par raha hai :p
hogi yaaaar insha Allah
my friend told me that he heard thunder around 7 :00 in the morning :/
nAhi h0gi.
well sam , n0w it’s 4:7 pm :p
are jani wo bijhar gaye hain dobara ayenge wait
@tarim yes wind decrease from 36 km/h to 26 km/h
@ Tarim and Sam check can you see any cloud at WNW side i have just downloaded AQUAMODIS jpg latest sat image from NASA and some cloud over ther kindly check and UPD…. :)
Tons of clouds c0ming t0wards Karachi via ARB.
you live in Safora can you see towards Nazimabad side or Site area WNW and upd?
Babar bro any good news ?
hmmm, 3 din say sun rahy hain hogi hogi hogi , but hoti he nai hy barish
yar koi expert he nhe hai koi jawab he nhe milta yar arabian sea pe heavy clouds hain wo Oman ja rahe hain ya khi aenge koi tu btaye (EXPERT)
Zohair bhai, app wo imran khan waly zohair tu nai hain?
no clouds in WNW direction, Cl0uds c0ming again fr0m NE direction.They will dissipate again. i’m sure.
No i am sure a small havey chunk of cloud are there see this link 1 hour old.
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/satmet/dynamic/insatnwquad-vis.htm
@Zohair :
Cl0uds that are c0ming via ARb are coming t0wards bc0z they were far away ffr0m KHi this m0rning and n0w they are near Gujrat and they’re n0t m0ving towards Oman.
waisai subah 6.00 am per yahan steel town main to taiz barish hui thi.kisi ko pata hai ksi yahan kitni mm barish hui?
no nothing all i can see is cirrus clouds
@sam :
These cirrus clouds can change into cumulonimbus clouds if c0nditions bec0me favourable, near my area these cirrus were cumulonimbus clouds but they dissipated and transf0rmed into cirrus cl0uds due to unfavourable c0nditions :(
is manhoos karachi me barish nhi jogi….aur karachi metro bhi bhaahg gaya….kahin insult na hojae KM ki!
Whatever KM has forecast was perfect, but you can never predict 100% for Karachi weather kyon key yhan ki hawain 2 min mai mousom ko change ker sakti hain.
@KM, I hope u never mind stupid ppz
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Hourly.aspx?location=PKXX0008
yar woh tu ache heavy clouds hain agar khi aenge tu achi barish hogi
@zohair
wo karachi ko cross kar chuky hain in other words, wo karachi say he oman gy hain.
i think u r wrong dont mind but i checked whole oman no chance of a single drop in any city of Oman but in khi heavy chance of rain u must be wrong :)
@Sheraz :
Mind ur language Bro ! agar barish nai horhi to uska ghussa Babar bhai par kyu nikaal rhe ho ? Bhai we humans can only predict agey ALLAH ki marzi, what do u mean by insult hojaegi KM ki ? idiot. w0h barish barsatey hain kYA ? unki prediction sahi thi. thunderstorms aye lekin conditions favourable nai thi to barish nai hui. ALLAh ki marzi yahi thi.
good reply, appreciated
aray bhaiyoon zara balochistan ki taraf dehko cloud karachi ki taraf arha hain… itni dair say khay raha hoon ghadoo samjhooo.
see this
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/satmet/dynamic/insatnwquad-vis.htm
@Zohair :
Check this :
http://www.timeanddate.com/weather/oman/muscat
Tarim you are expert in cloud can you check this
http://www.imd.gov.in/section/satmet/dynamic/insatnwquad-vis.htm
@Thunderbolt :
yeh jo system Oman gya ha yeh bhi to aise hi aya tha lekin kuch hua ?? =D
but i observe since last two hours these are joing and closing towards Karachi from opposite direaction…. where you are looking just look opposite.
@Thunderbolt
those clouds are moving towards balochistan, they are not cuming to karachi
are you sure ? bcz sat image is showing it is closing towards us , what is current wind dir..? can check ..
I just heard thunder guys :D
Dark cirrus clouds are covering the sky n0w :o
@ Tarim at what direction they came ?
yaar Tarim, bike ya pathan ka rikhsha start howa ho ga…..
etne heavy clouds k leye sirf 20% chance or khi k leye 80%>?????
Heard thunder again :D:D:D
Wind has st0pped bl0wing and n0w i can feel the humidity.
Time f0r rain guys :D
i just observe that winds are now clam…
yaar Tarim bila waja mai bhagwa rahe ho kuch bhe nhe hai ):
@ Tarim at what dir they came ??
OooooOOo Beeba Jabaat mai Calm clam likh rahe ho ha ha ha ha
hehehehehe, hota hota , sovvy for typo
EAST
tarim such btaaaoo ba yara tumhain kahan se nazar arahe hain clouds??????????????
@Thunder :
the clouds u saw fr0m the sat. are n0t c0ming t0wards KHI.
OHOOOOO :(
REALLY REALLY dark clouds c0ming from EAST and with thunder. I’M SERIOUS.
ALLAH ap ki zaban mubarak karain,Aameen
I can feel the cool wind from East.
yarr sab say zaida east main to main bhata hoon yhann to kuch nahi hay…
Sun is behind the dark clouds n0w :D
Dark clouds coming from the NE direction, KM your prediction coming true in a few minutes.
very dark clouds are coming from east inshallah this time it will rain..
yaar yah dhoop nikli hoi hai aur badal east ki taraf se ah rahay hai but they aren’t dark clouds :/
Guys we should pray for our fraind Tarim’s health, kal bhi Tarim ko dora para tha isi waqt or ajj to subha say do hogayee hain.. Allaha khair karay maray doost per.
(looks chemical locha in his brain)
@ Tarim Khann hoo … Lag ta hay nahanay chala gaya hay… :)
@Thunderbolt :
Then Umair also needs s0me medicine bc0z he’s seeing it too.
@sam :
When the cl0uds from my area they were white but when they came cl0ser they suddenly became DARK.
oyeee nhe waqai arahe hain dark clouds or thunder sound bhe hai
winds now 20 km/h humidity also decreases 52%
@Thunderbolt :
U also need a medicine bc0z u think the system is c0ming fr0m Balochistan which never happens LoL :p
Okay okay … yar naraz kunn hotay hoo main to masti kar rha tha…
I can hear thunder.
no yaar tarim is right i see dark clouds!! But they are far away :o
LoL @ THunderbolt n0w.
i think it will rain in karachi in next 30 mins
AGAR Abhi barish honi ha To barish se phle 1 bht bht bht bht BLACK cloud aega aur jese hi w0h uper se guzrega to barish shuru hogi. It’s s0mewhat like a shelfcl0ud.
Hey Every one Dark clouds coming from East :D
this time they won’t dissipiate i am sure
InshALLAh
ready for the 1st monsoon rain in Karachi …. :)
anybody here from korangi? Becuz i can see dark clouds over there aur idhar bhi badal ah rahay hai but very slowly :)
humidity 59%
wind 11km\hr
is it gonna heavy rain or light???? any expert plzzzzzzzz
Load shedding started……… Ya kameeney KESC Waley kal sey barish ka intezar ker rahey hain.. abhi bond pari nahi light gai :((
yaar baarish se pehlay garam hawa chalti hai woh chalna shoro ho gai hai :D
Nothing in Bin qasim area …
SKY IS PITCH BLACK IN THE EAST LIKE 2007, RAIN TO START IN 5 MIn.
now the wind is blowing from the NE :D
BOONDA BAANDI SHURU HOGYI :D
YES WIND IS NE AND IT IS VERY COLD .
TEMP MUST BE 28C
im waiting for it to start here :D
HAPPY DARK CLOUDY FOR NOW KARACHIITES, HAPPY RAINY DAY IN 5 min :D
steel town per sao buhut black clouds guzar rahai hain,aik dam andhaira cha gaya hai,laikin barish strt nahi hui
JAB WOH BLACK CLOUDS JAENGE TAB SHURU HOGI DEKHNA.
barish start ho gai hai
MODERATE RAIN HAS STARTED HURRAH HAPPY RAINY DAY KARACHIITES :D:D
holy shit!!! ITNAY KALAY BADAL :D :D :D YAAAAHOOOOOOP
yaar yeh badal aik damse kahe se agaye hai aur aik dam se humdity increase hogaye hai aur aik dam se NE se wind chalne start hogai hai :D
whr do u live,tarim
NO Rain here at Bilalwal House
bhot tez hawa chal rahi hai but no rain here and the sky is getting clear :(
barish so to rahi hai yahan laikin taiz nahi ho rahi
very heavy rain in gulshan-e-iqbal