ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast below-normal rainfall this monsoon season.
According to experts, this year, monsoon will begin in the first week of July, and there is a possibility of below-normal rainfall during the monsoon. Rain spells will occur intermittently during the monsoon.
According to the Met office, temperatures will remain above normal during the monsoon.
Gilgit-Baltistan and upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa will, however, receive normal rainfall.
The plains of the country are likely to experience less monsoon rain, the experts warned and added due to increased humidity during the monsoon, temperatures will feel higher.
According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, the monsoon season in Pakistan will start from the first week of July, though Sindh is unlikely to receive monsoon rains before July 5.
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The monsoon system is expected to first affect the northeastern parts of the country, including Punjab and Kashmir, while rainfall is also expected in northern areas and northeastern Punjab from July 1.
According to PMD, there is no likelihood of a monsoon system reaching Sindh in the coming days, with no rainfall expected in the province before July 5.
