INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
making Wednesday the hottest day of the year after a fresh heatwave hit the city due to the formation of low pressure areas in the Arabian
Sea.The Pakistan Met Department (PMD) officials have a day earlier warned that the next two days would be very hot and dry with the
temperatures ranging between 42 and 44 degrees Celsius.Officials said Pakistan was in the grip of an intense heat due to a large high
pressure area over most parts of the country, saying the intense heat was concentrated on the plains of Sindh and Balochistan where the
temperature could soar to 48 degrees Celsius during next six to seven days.The increasing temperature of Arabian Sea surface is resulting in
the formation of low pressure areas in the sea, depriving Karachi of its cooling system, i.e
the sea breeze, the PMD officials said and added that they were expecting intensely hot and dry weather in the city on Wednesday and
Thursday.The weather is expected to start improving from Friday after the resumption of the sea breeze, they said but added that the coming
month of June would also be very hot due to changing climatic conditions in the Arabian Sea
They said May and June are usually the hottest months in Karachi and the rest of Pakistan
They added that the current heatwave that had gripped the country, from Gilgit Baltistan to Karachi, would continue at least for next six to
seven days.The officials said they were expecting humidity to remain low in Karachi during the afternoon timings, which would reduce the
chances of heatstroke, but they warned the public to take precautionary measures
water supplies during the day timings when most people would be fasting.
