Karachi hit by heatwave and temperature reaches 44˚C

The Karachi city was hit by a heatwave on Thursday. The health department issued a red alert for both Thursday and today (Friday).
After the Pakistan Metrological Department’s warning for the Karachi division.

The temperature in the port city scored to 44˚ Celsius on Thursday
and the Metrological department has forecast that the heatwave will continue today, with temperatures reaching 42˚C.

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“The mercury reached 44˚C in Karachi on Thursday afternoon with an 8˚C rise in a single day as the temperature in Karachi was 36˚C on Wednesday, which is a normal temperature for the month of May,” said Metrological Department Regional Director Shahid Abbas.

According to him, the humidity on Thursday afternoon at 5pm was recorded at 21% whereas it was recorded at 78% at 8am.

“The rise in temperature in Karachi resulted due to a shift in wind. The direction of the south-easterly wind has shifted to north-west due to a low pressure developing in upper Sindh,” he explained.

However, Abbas predicted that the change in wind direction will be normal from Saturday onwards and result in lowering the temperature in the range of 34˚C for the entire next week in Karachi and coastal belt of Sindh – Badin, Thatta and Sujawal.