Partly cloudy forecast

LAHORE:Partly cloudy and dry weather continued to prevail in the city here on Thursday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions during the next 24 hours.

Met officials warned that heavy rainfall may cause flash flooding in local nullahs of Gwadar, Ketch, Turbat, Panjgur, Awaran, Barkhan, Kohlu, Sibbi, Naseerabad, Dalbandin, Khuzdar, Dera Ghazi Khan on Feb 29 and March 1 while heavy rainfall may cause flash flooding in hill torrents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Murree, Galiyat and local nullahs of Islamabad/Rawalpindi on March 1 and 2.

They further warned that heavy rain/snowfall may cause closure of roads in Murree, Galiyat, Naran, Kaghan, Dir, Swat, Kohistan, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Shangla, Astore, Hunza, Skardu, Neelum valley, Bagh, Poonch and Haveli on March 1 and 2. Thursday’s lowest minimum temperature was recorded at Leh where mercury dropped down to -08°C while in Lahore it was 9.2°C and maximum was 26°C.