A timeline of tropical cyclones and severe storms recorded along Pakistan's coast, with particular focus on Karachi and Sindh. Cyclones lose much of their strength before reaching Pakistan's coastline compared to the Bay of Bengal, but several have still caused major loss of life.
PAKISTAN WEATHER INTENSITY—
Map content HIGH GRAPHICS
Boundaries
Storm tracking
BASEMAP SATELLITE · cities
Thunderstorm tracker · scanning
Live alertswarnings · marine · lightning
Rings, density and approach alerts use lightning activity estimated from radar/cloud imagery. No strike detector is connected.
Radar & Precipitationlive radar + observed rain
Pick GFS or ECMWF for the 4-day rain forecast. Both open the same animated viewer. Live radar is separate, below.
Observed rain estimate, not ground radar.
Satellite · Live HDEUMETSAT MSG-IODC · parked over the Indian Ocean, closest full-disk view of Pakistan
Layers marked "+ observed precip" include a live precipitation overlay; others show cloud imagery only.
Satellite · DiagnosticsRGB composites · thermal · indices
Himawari-9 · JMALIVE · updates every 10 min
Daily Satellite Passesnot real-time · 1-2×/day
INFRA+ · enhanced IR10.8LIVE
warm280 K260240220cold
EUMETSAT MSG-IODC IR10.8 observation, contrast-enhanced for cloud-top analysis. Colder cloud tops indicate higher altitude; this visual enhancement is not a pixel-calibrated temperature retrieval.
GII · instability15 MIN
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EUMETSAT MSG-IODC Global Instability Index. Retrieval is limited to sufficiently cloud-free areas; use the values as a nowcasting diagnostic, not a standalone warning.
Satellite precipitation rateLIVE
tracelightmoderateheavyintense
Any visible tint = a detected signal, even trace amounts — pale/faint color is not the same as active rainfall. Darker/more saturated = heavier.
Deep Convection Alert · severity bandsLIVE
none−53°CMODERATESEVEREEXTREME
Warmer than −53°C stays flat grey (not alertable). MODERATE −53° to −61°C · SEVERE −61° to −67°C · EXTREME colder than −67°C (most intense overshooting tops).
What do these colors mean?LIVE
clear skystorm cores
Plain/dark colors = clear sky or low, warm cloud. Bright, colorful patches = very cold, towering cloud tops — usually the strongest storms, carrying the heaviest rain, hail or lightning. It's a visual guide, not an official warning.
Low
Medium
High
Severe
FUTURE RAIN · mm/hour
lightmoderateheavy