Quetta: Rains in Quetta and snow fall on its hilly areas started late night and continued till morning.
Owing to snow fall the intensity of chilling cold increased further..
Heavy snow fall poured in Ziyarat, Kan Mehtarzai, Kozak and Khanozai while low snow fall lashed in Muslim Bagh, Lak Pass area of Mustong .
An operation is underway to open national highways during the snow fall.
Meteorological department predicted rain and snow in northwestern Balochistan for the next 12 hours.
Temperature this morning recorded in Quetta one degree centigrade.
Some of people went to Dasht and Luckpass areas in their vehicles and bikes to enjoy snowfall weather.
Levies force and concerned departments personnel deployed main national highways to cope situation of closure roads owing to snowfalls and rain in the areas so that maintain smooth of traffic and people would not suffer difficulties during traveling.
The Met Office has forecast mainly cloudy, rain, wind and snowfall weather for Balochistan, areas including Quetta, Mastung, Zairat, Killa Saifullah, Zhob, Surfab, Kalat, Harnai, and including its surrounding areas during next 24 hours.
The Met Office reported that snowfall (cm) was recorded in respective areas including Ziarat ( cm 2.5), Quetta City ( cm 2.0), RMC ( cm 2.5), Sariab (cm 1.5).
While rainfall (mm) has been recorded in Dalbandin (mm 24.0), Chaman ( mm 17.75), Pishin (mm16.5), Quetta (City (mm13.0), Samungli ( mm 10.0), Sariab ( mm 7.6) and RMC ( 07.2)), Nokkundi (07.0), Muslim Bagh (05.5), Kalat
(04.0) and Panjgur (01.0).
The Met office reported that the minimum temperature in Zhob was recorded at – 1.0 minus degrees centigrade, 1.3.5 degrees centigrade in Quetta on Sunday.
