ISLAMABAD: People in upper parts of Pakistan got a much-needed relief on Friday, as a shallow westerly started affecting the region amid the ongoing heatwave, which has paralysed routine life across the country.
Satellite images around 8:40pm show clouds developing over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some adjoining areas of Punjab as well as Kashmir.
The weather system has been producing rains in central and northern Afghanistan for the last three days. However, the intense heatwave thanks to a very strong high pressure kept the moisture-carrying winds away from Pakistan.
At the same time, moisture from the Arabian Sea and the Gulf Bengal is currently producing thicker clouds over Indian Punjab, Haryana, Jammu Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. These simultaneous weather developments are certainly going to help decrease the temperature in the entire region.
The current heatwave have affected not only Pakistan but also much of India. As a result, it has also hampered the advancement of monsoon in India after early arrival over Kerala and later covering Mumbai in May.