Dense fog to prevail

LAHORE: Dense fog continued to prevail in the city here Tuesday while the Met office predicted similar weather conditions during the next 24 hours.

The officials said that continental air was prevailing over most parts of the country. They predicted that fog was likely to persist in plain areas of Punjab and upper Sindh. They predicted that very cold weather is expected in Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and north Balochistan while cold and dry in other parts of the country. Tuesday’s minimum temperature was recorded at Skardu where mercury dropped down to -12°C while in Lahore, it was 4.9°C and maximum was 17°C.