“Rain-wind or thunderstorms [snow over the high mountains] is expected at isolated places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Islamabad and upper Punjab,” the Met Office said in its daily forecast.

The Met Office predicted “partly cloudy and dry weather” in most of the country.

“A shallow westerly wave is present over upper parts of the country,” it said.

Rain is expected on March 14 and 15 in cities including Quetta, Ziarat, Chaman, Mastung, Pishin, Qilla Abdullah, Qilla Saifullah, Chagi, Noushki, Barkhan, Khuzdar, Harnai, Zhob, Sherani, Dera ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Bahawalnagar, Okara Bhakkar, Layyah, Kot Adu, Rahim Yar Khan, Kashmore, Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Larkana, Multan, Khanewal, Sahiwal, Pakpattan and Okara.

Past 24 hours’ weather

Partly cloudy weather prevailed across most of Pakistan, with isolated rain, wind and thunderstorms in upper KP, AJK, Gilgit-Baltistan, Islamabad, and the Pothohar region.

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In KP, rainfall included 14mm in Cherat and 12mm in upper Dir. Kashmir saw up to 7mm in Muzaffarabad, while Punjab reported 4mm in Murree and 3mm in Islamabad. Gilgit-Baltistan recorded 5 mm in Skardu, and Balochistan had 1mm in Nokkundi.

The lowest minimum temperatures were -3 degrees Celsius in Leh and -1 degree Celsius in Gupis and Parachinar.