Hot, dry weather to continue

LAHORE: Hot and dry weather continued to prevail in the city on Tuesday while the Met office predicted similar weather conditions during the next 24 hours. The Met officials said continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country. However, a shallow westerly wave is present over upper parts of the country and likely to move eastwards during next 24 hours. The Met office predicted mainly hot and dry weather in most parts of the country while rain-thunderstorm is expected at a few places in Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, Multan, DI khan divisions, lower Fata, Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas. Rainfall was observed at various cities including Lower Dir, Drosh, Balakot, Rawalpindi (Chaklala, Shamsabad), Islamabad (Z.P, Bokra, Saidpur),Mangla, Multan, Kamra and Muzaffarabad. Tuesday’s highest maximum temperature was recorded at Dadu, Sibbi and Larkana where mercury reached 46°C while in Lahore it was 39°C, minimum was 26.6°C and humidity was 26 per cent.