The Met Office on Friday alerted the citizens to the heat waves spell in the city from May 5 to May 8, 2020, with a daytime maximum temperature rising up to 42 degrees Celsius.

It said that the heat wave spell will also grip the city's outskirts, as wind direction will be generally northwest or west turning to the southwest in the evening over the period.

The metropolis temperature on Saturday is expected to range up to 37 degrees Celsius and 80 percent humidity. Overall weather is likely to remain hot and humid.

In the next 24 hours, mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts

of the country during the daytime.

However, wind with rain-thunderstorm is expected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, upper and southern Punjab, northern Balochistan Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan during evening/night time.

In the past 24 hours, weather remained hot and dry in most parts of the country. Maximum Temperature was recorded in Dadu 47 degrees Celsius, Shaheed Benazirabad, and Jacobabad 46, each.