The Met Office on Saturday forecast hot and dry weather for the most parts of country in the next 24 hours. "Continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country," it said in its weather synopsis, predicting the hot and dry was expected to continue for the next 24 hours aw well. Nokkundi and Noorpur Thal were the hottest places in the country with 41 degrees Celsius followed by Dalbandin, Larkana, Rohri, Turbat, Sukkur and Bhakkar 40 each, in the last 24 hours, it said.