The port city received the first rain of this winter season with drizzle and light showers reported in different areas in the wee hours of Saturday.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast partly cloudy weather in the evening, while weather expert Owais Hyder has expressed possibility of more light drizzle in some areas of Karachi.
The weatherman said that the wet spell can increase the intensity of prevailing cold weather starting today.
As per the Met Office data, drizzle was reported in Sharea Faisal, Karsaz, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Federal B Area, MA Jinnah Road, Numaish Chowrangi, Guru Mandir, Dalmia, Shanti Nagar, Sceheme 33, University Road, Gulshan-e-Maymar, Baldia Town, Orangi Town and Noth Nazimabad.
Meanwhile, light rain was witnessed in Hub Chowki and Surjani as well.
The light showers follow PMD’s earlier forecast of the weather turning chillier from January 4 (today) under the effect of westerly winds.
However, despite the rain, the metropolis’s air quality remained poor with an Air Quality Index (AQI) value of 257 — a level classified as “very unhealthy”, as per Swiss air quality monitor IQAir.t
