LAHORE: Maximum temperatures in the plains of the country dropped two to three degrees Celsius on Saturday because of the opening spell of the fresh westerly wave that generated light rain and strong winds in many cities.

The trough of westerly wave is affecting western, central and upper parts of the country and is likely to move northeastwards during the next 24 hours.

It remained hot and dry in Lahore. Strong wind in the evening nevertheless provided some relief to the people. The maximum temperature dropped from Friday’s 43 degrees Celsius to 41.2 degrees Celsius.

The Met department said it would remain partly cloudy with chances of dust-thunderstorm in the city in the next 24 hours.

Rain-thundershower with dust storm is expected at scattered places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan divisions), Fata, Northeast Balochistan (Quetta, Zhob and Kalat divisions), Islamabad, Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan divisions), Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. A dust storm is also expected in Sahiwal, Sibbi and Sukkur divisions in the afternoon.

Meanwhile, Garhi Dupatta received 8mm of rain, Lasbela 7, Drosh, Parachinar and Rawalakot 6(each), Mirkhani, Islamabad 3(each), Chitral 2(each), and Kotli 1.

Published in Dawn, May 10th, 2015

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