Dry spell to continue

LAHORE: Dry weather continued in the city on Monday while the Met office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours.  The Met officials said a shallow westerly trough is affecting extreme northern parts of the country. They predicted mainly hot and dry weather in most parts of the country whilerain-thunderstorm is expected at a few places in Malakand division and Gilgit-Baltistan.  No rainfall was recorded at anywhere in the country, the Met officials said. They added Monday’s highest maximum temperature was recorded at Padidan where mercury reached 43°C while in Lahore it was 35°C, minimum was 21°C and humidity level was 20 per cent.