City receives drizzle; trace forecast

LAHORE:Cloudy weather with scattered rain was observed in the City here on Monday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions with chances of trace for the next 24 hours.

Met officials warned that heavy rain/snowfall may disrupt and cause closure of roads in Murree, Galliyat, Naran, Kaghan, Dir, Swat, Shangla, Kohistan, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Astore, Hunza, Diamir, Skardu, Neelum valley, Bagh, Poonch and Havellian. They added that possibility of landsliding in upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Murree, Galliyat, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan cannot be ruled out. They said a westerly wave was affecting upper parts of the country. Met officials predicted that more rain-wind/thunderstorm (snowfall over hills) was expected in Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Potohar region and Islamabad.

Monday’s minimum temperature was recorded at Kalam where mercury dropped to -05°C, while in Lahore, it was 13.2°C and maximum was 23.5°C.