Heatwave settles as rain lashes parts of Punjab

The weather has turned pleasant as heavy rain is experienced in most parts of the country including Islamabad and Murree, while drizzling has also been predicted in Lahore, reported on Monday.

According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), most parts of Punjab, including Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad have received rainfall.

Sialkot, Chakwal, Sargodha, and Gujrat have also received downpour that has subsided the hot weather. Natives have come out of their houses to enjoy the rain.

Meanwhile, Lahoris are also observing cloudy and windy weather as rain is likely in the evening. The maximum temperature in Lahore would reduce to 42 degrees while the minimum is expected to be 27 degrees.

In Multan, the dry and hot weather is recorded while the weather experts said that rainy season would be started in July and August in the metropolis.

On the other hand, rain-thunderstorm with strong gusty winds is expected at scattered places of upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan divisions), Islamabad, upper Punjab (Sargodha, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Lahore divisions), FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Kashmir.

Rain-thunderstorm raising dust storm is predicted at isolated places of Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Quetta, Zhob, Sukkur , Larkana and Shaheed Benazirabad divisions.

Today’s highest maximum temperatures:

Sibbi , Jacobabad, Sh Benazirabad, Bhakkar 50°C, Larkana, Moenjodaro, Noorpul Thal 49°C, Dadu, Sukkur, Rohri, Padidan 48°C, R.Y. Khan, D.I. Khan 47°C.