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Pakistan recorded one of the highest temperatures in the world, 53.7 °C (128.66 °F) on 28 May 2017, the hottest temperature ever recorded in Pakistan and also the second hottest measured temperature ever recorded in Asia. [1] The dry, hot weather is broken occasionally by dust storms and thunderstorms that temporarily lower the temperature.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) (Urdu: محکمہ موسمیات پاکستان, also known as Pakistan Met Office [3] [4]), is an autonomous and independent institution tasked with providing weather forecasts and public warnings concerning weather for protection, safety and general information.
It is difficult to predict SLR for the entire region of Pakistan since data is limited at the country level. While IPCC estimates predict a global mean SLR of 0.2–0.6 m by 2100, a rise of 0.7 m is predicted for the region of South Asia (which includes the Pakistan coast).
The Space Weather Prediction Center is one of the nine National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, conducts research in solar-terrestrial physics (i.e. heliophysics), and develops techniques for forecasting solar and geophysical disturbances.
The record breaking rain fell in just 10 hours. It was the heaviest rainfall in Pakistan during the past 100 years . [20] [21] The following is the Monsoon rainfall in Islamabad since 2006 based on the data from Pakistan Meteorological Department. [22] In 2006, a total of 962 millimetres (37.9 in) rain was recorded. [22]
A weather satellite or meteorological satellite is a type of Earth observation satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. Satellites can be polar orbiting (covering the entire Earth asynchronously), or geostationary (hovering over the same spot on the equator ).
Ku-band satellite 123.0°W: Galaxy 18: LS-1300: United States Intelsat: Television and radio broadcasting North America: 21 May 2008, [[Zenit Hybrid C/K u-band satellite 2008-11-19 121.0°W: Galaxy-23: FS-1300: United States Intelsat: Direct Broadcasting North America: 7 August 2003: Hybrid C/K u /K a-band satellite; C band payload referred to ...
It is in Karachi, as in operated by the Pakistan Meteorological Department. [58] It monitors different systems that emerge in the Arabian Sea, and issues appropriate advisories, alerts, and warnings. [59] [60] During the last 100 years, a number of cyclonic storms have struck Pakistan's coastal areas. The years involved were 1895, 1902, 1907 ...