Hot, dry weather expected in most parts of country

Islamabad: Hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country, while very hot in plain areas during the next twelve hours.

However, gusty and dust-raising winds with light rain-thunderstorm may occur at isolated places in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, upper Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir during evening and night. Gusty and dust-raising winds are likely in central and southern plain districts of the country during the period.

Temperature of some major cities recorded this morning: 

Islamabad and Muzaffarabad twenty-three degrees centigrade, Lahore twenty-eight, Karachi twenty-nine, Peshawar twenty-seven, Quetta, Gilgit, and Murree nineteen degrees centigrade.       

According to Met office forecast for Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, partly cloudy weather with chances of rain-wind thunderstorm during evening and night is expected in Srinagar, Jammu, Pulwama, Anantnag, Baramulla, Shopian, while cloudy with chances of rain-wind-thunderstorm in Leh. 

Temperature recorded this morning: 

Srinagar, Pulwama and Anantnag fourteen degrees centigrade, Jammu twenty-six, Leh six, Shopian thirteen, and Baramulla seventeen degrees centigrade.