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Punjab will experience hot, dry weather after rain system dissipates
The weather system that brought rain to Punjab a day ago has run its course and the sun resumed blazing down on Sunday morning.
The Meteorological Department said that the effects of the system will end, and dry and hot weather would prevail throughout the province within the next 24 hours.
Minimum temperature will be at 26 °C and maximum of 38 °C and temperatures will be climbing slowly, they add.
There was no forecast of any new rain system in the coming days that could further aggravate the heat, the department said.
Met office predicts very hot weather in Sindh and southern Balochistan in next 12 hours. However, partly cloudy weather is anticipated in Kashmir, Potohar region and north eastern Balochistan throughout afternoon.
Citizens are encouraged to avoid unnecessary exposure to direct sunshine, increase water intake to protect themselves from the effects of the heat.
Weather experts have predicted that the low temperature in Islamabad would be 24 degree centigrade, Lahore 26, Karachi 30, Peshawar 26, Muzaffarabad 20, Quetta 18, Gilgit 15 and Murree 14.