The Met Office has warned that seven districts of Sindh will face a moderate drought, saying that no rainfall expected in the province. The drought plagued districts that include Badin, Hyderabad, Sajawal, Sanghar, Thatta, Umerkot and Tharparkar will continue to witness a dry spell with no rains is in sight, the Met said that "no rainfall is expected in the drought prone areas". The northern half of the country is likely to see a normal weather conditions, it said.
Heat wave: Temperature in Karachi is expected to drop to maximum 35 degree Celsius in the next 48 hours namely on Tuesday and Wednesday with humidity ranging up to 80 percent. Weather in the city is likely to remain warm and humid, Met said.
In the next 24 hours: Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in the most parts of the country but very hot in South Punjab and Sindh. Isolated dust-thunderstorm-rain is expected in Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan, Bannu, D. I. Khan, Quetta, Zhob, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha and D. G. Khan Divisions, besides Islamabad and Kashmir
In the last 24 hours: Maximum temperature was recorded in Shaheed Benazirabad as 44 degrees Celsius, Mithi 43 and Padidan and Chhor 42, each. Bahawalpur received 10 mm of rainfall, Noorpurthal, Sahiwal and Narowal 9 mm, each, Chakwal 6 mm and Joharabad 5 mm, as hot weather gripped the most parts of the country with a light rainfall in different parts.
"Continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country. A fresh westerly wave is likely to affect western & upper parts of the country tomorrow [Tuesday]," according to the Met Office.