Lahore experiences hottest day, Temp touches 46C mark
Pakistan Times National News Desk

LAHORE: Monday was the hottest day in most parts of the province with experts predicting the trend of rise in the mercury level to continue during the coming days.

The Punjab metropolis and other parts of the province remained in the grip of sizzling heat with mercury touching the highest mark during the current summer in a number of cities.

The maximum temperature in the City rose by 2.2 degree Celsius, ending up at 45.9 C, making Monday the hottest day of the current summer. The minimum temperature in Lahore was recorded at 28.9 C on Monday as against 27.6 on Sunday.

The other parts of the province also remained in grip of the heat wave. Bahawalnagar remained the hottest place not only in the province but throughout the country where maximum temperature rose to 48 C.

The mercury touched 47 C mark in Sargodha while in Multan and Jhelum maximum temperature was recorded at 46 C.

Local meteorological office has forecast dust storm and scattered rain for Rawalpindi division while hot and dry weather has been predicted for most parts of the province.

Experts say, seasonal low lies over Balochistan. Sunday’s weak westerly wave over Kashmir has moved away north-eastwards. The westerly wave over north of Afghanistan has also moved rapidly north-eastwards and on Monday it lay over northern parts of Kashmir.●