Hot weather forecast

LAHORE: A hot day with partly cloudy weather was observed in the City here Tuesday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours.

Met officials said that continental air is prevailing in most parts of the country. A shallow westerly wave is affecting upper and central parts of the country and likely to intensify on Wednesday (today). They predicted that mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country, while very hot in Sindh during day time.

However, scattered dust-thunderstorm/rain is expected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Punjab and Kashmir, while at isolated places in Quetta, Zhob, Kalat, Makran Divisions and Gilgit-Baltistan.

On Tuesday, dust-thunderstorm/rain occurred at scattered places in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Malakand, Hazara Divisions, Islamabad and Kashmir, while at isolated places in Faisalabad, Sargodha, Sahiwal, Bahawalpur, DG Khan, Makran Divisions and Gilgit-Baltistan. Weather remained hot and dry elsewhere in the country.

Rainfall was recorded in several cities, including Murree, DG Khan, Kasur, Mandi Bahauddin, Toba Tek Singh, Bahawalnagar, Hafizabad, Sahiwal, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Sialkot, Narowal, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Joharabad, Gujrat, Faisalabad, Jhelum, Balakot, Malam Jabba, Kakul, Pattan, Dir, Saidu Sharif, Garhi Dupatta, Muzaffarabad, Rawalakot, Astore, Bagrote, Bunji, Chillas and Lasbella. Tuesday's maximum temperature was recorded at Jacobabad, Shaheed Benazirabad, Dadu and Larkana where mercury reached 45°C while in Lahore, it was 38°C and minimum was 21°C.