Weather turns pleasant after light drizzle in Lahore

LAHORE - The weather in provincial capital has turned pleasant, bringing the mercury down and providing much-needed relief to the heat stricken-citizens.

The weather took a pleasant turn early Sunday as light showers brought down temperatures and humidity in many parts of the country, with Pakistan’s biggest city Karachi continuing to battle the heat.

According to Pakistan Meteorological Department, the spell of rain that mainly started Sunday morning will continue in different parts of the country for the next two to three days.

The westerly wave is affecting western parts of the country and is likely to persist over central & upper parts of Pakistan till Tuesday, said the PMD officials.

The areas which are expected to witness rain include Lahore, Bannu, Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, DGKhan and Sahiwal division.

The minimum temperature recorded in Lahore was 22-degree Celsius where maximum temperature was 39-degree Celsius.

47 degree-celsius was recorded in Sukkur, where 15 degree-celsius was recorded in Skardu the previous day.

In Sindh capital Karachi, the  weather remained hot and dry with humidity level being recorded at 52 percent.