By Faiza Ilyas
KARACHI: The city, thankfully, saw a partially sunny day on Thursday followed by light to moderate showers later in the evening, though contrary to what the Met Office had predicted.
Explaining the unexpected change in weather over the past two days, Focal Person of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Anjum Niaz Zaigham said the current monsoon system has lost its intensity and its likely impact on Karachi is almost over.
鈥淭hough as we speak, the city is likely to see good showers within an hour or so (late evening) as rain bands are approaching Karachi after bringing about showers in Hyderabad, Sanghar, Tando Allah Yar and other parts of Sindh,鈥 he said.
He said that Orangi Town saw 113mm rain on Wednesday.
Light to moderate showers continue for third day
According to him, the weather system released its maximum energy on August 19 and the circulation over Gujarat, India dissipated early than expected.
鈥淲e were thinking that the low pressure area and the circulation over Gujarat would