LAHORE: All major rivers in the country are flowing below low flood level, with normal discharges recorded at gauging stations, according to the daily flood bulletin issued by the Flood Forecasting Division (FFD) of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Wednesday.
Bulletin No. 115/26, issued at 11:30am on October 7, said the Indus, Kabul, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers remained in the below-low category. River flows are expected to remain within the normal range at their respective rim stations.
The bulletin said a trough of the westerly wave persisted over the northern parts of the country, while weak moist currents from the Arabian Sea were penetrating upper areas up to 3,000 feet.
Isolated rain-wind/thunderstorms are likely over the upper catchments of the Indus and Jhelum rivers, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the next 24 hours.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, rain and thunderstorms may occur in Abbottabad, Batagram, Chitral, Kohistan, Mansehra, Shangla, Swat, Tor Ghar and Dir. Narowal and Sialkot in Punjab may also receive isolated showers. Mainly dry weather is expected elsewhere.
Over the next 48 hours, mainly dry conditions are expected across most parts of the country, although isolated rain-wind/thunderstorms may occur over the upper catchments, Islamabad, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gujrat, Narowal and Sialkot in Punjab.
The weekly outlook for October 8 to 14 said a weak westerly weather system was likely to approach the upper parts of the country from October 9.
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Scattered rain-wind/thunderstorms are expected over the upper catchments of all major rivers, Islamabad, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir and northern Punjab from October 9 to 13, with occasional gaps.
Despite the expected rainfall, river flows are projected to remain normal at all rim stations during the period.
At 6am on Wednesday, observed inflows on the Indus stood at 50,000 cusecs at Tarbela, 90,100 cusecs at Kalabagh, 72,000 cusecs at Chashma, 91,600 cusecs at Taunsa, 66,800 cusecs at Guddu, 54,200 cusecs at Sukkur and 28,900 cusecs at Kotri.
Flows recorded at stations on other major rivers also remained well below low-flood thresholds.
Rainfall recorded during the 24 hours ending at 8am included moderate to significant amounts at several stations in the Indus catchment, while lighter rainfall was reported in parts of the Jhelum, Chenab and Ravi catchments.
