Dry weather in most country expected

LAHORE: Trace rain with partly cloudy weather was observed in the City here Wednesday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours. Met officials said that a westerly wave is still affecting upper parts of the country and likely to persist during 12 to 18 hours. They predicted that mostly dry weather is expected in most parts of the country. However, rain-thunderstorm is expected in Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas. Rainfall was recorded in several cities, including Kakul 59, Malam Jabba 58, Dir 42, Balakot 31, Pattan 28, Parachinar, Kalam 25, Mirkhani 19, Chitral 15, Bannu 14, Cheerat 13, Peshawar 09, Gupis, Astore 03, Garhi Dupatta 32, Muzaffarabad 29, Rawalakot 15, Kotli 12, Murree 35, DI Khan 22, Bhakkar 18, Layyah 12, Islamabad (Zero Point 24, Airport 15, Golrha 14, Bokra 17, Saidpur 23), Rawalpindi (RAMC 21, Chaklala 23), Sailkot (City 02, A/P 08), Noorpur Thal, Jhelum 04, Chakwal, Narowal, Gujrat 03, DG Khan, Mandi Bahauddin 02, Barkhan 25, Zhob 05 and Ziarat 02. Lowest temperature was recorded at Kalam where mercury dropped to -02°C while in Lahore, it was 14°C and maximum was 29 °C.